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Stephen P. Luby
Stanford University
Yang and Yamazaki Environment and Energy Building
473 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA 94305 USA phone 1-650-723-4129 fax 1-650-725-3402 email [email protected]
Education
Creighton University 1981
Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude (philosophy)
University of Texas--Southwestern Medical School at Dallas
MD 1986
University of Rochester--Strong Memorial Hospital
Internship and residency in Internal Medicine.
Centers for Disease Control -- Epidemic Intelligence Service 1990
Completed Preventive Medicine Residency 1993
Professional Experience
Stanford University, 9/2012 – currently employed
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases & Geographic Medicine),
Senior Fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment
Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Associate Dean for Global Health Research
Courtesy Appointment, Department of Pediatrics
Associate Director for Diversity and Inclusion, Stanford Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in
Environment and Resources
International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B)
Director, Centre for Communicable Diseases, 8/2004 – 8/2012
Country Director, US Centers for Disease Control, US Embassy Dhaka, 8/2004 – 8/2012
1. Secured funding for and oversaw an externally funded research program
a. Increased the annual research funding for the research program from $400,000 in 2004 to
> $10 million
b. Increased the number of scientists working in the unit from 6 in 2004 to 44, and the
number of employees from 22 to 500.
2. Coordinated collaboration between ICDDRB and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
3. Facilitated multi-disciplinary research across the administrative divisions within ICDDR,B
4. Editor, Health and Science Bulletin, a quarterly surveillance update and original scientific report
from ICDDR,B
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Medical Epidemiologist, Foodborne & Diarrheal Diseases Branch, 12/98 – 7/04
Major responsibilities
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1. Direct the activities of the Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between the
Procter and Gamble Company and Centers for Disease Control, Foodborne and Diarrheal
Diseases
2. Direct a research program on typhoid fever epidemiology
3. Other principle collaborations
a. Consulted with the World Bank, Water and Sanitation Program on assessment of public
private partnerships for handwashing promotion
b. Supervised Safe Water System collaboration between, Projet Retro-CI Abidjan, Ivory
Coast and the Foodborne and Diarrheal Disease
c. Provided technical support and liaison with the Safe Injection Global Network
Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology, Community Health Sciences Department, 10/93 - 10/98
Major responsibilities:
Teaching:
1. Developed the curriculum and taught epidemiology to Masters of Science in Epidemiology
students. Courses include Epidemiology I, Epidemiology II, Epidemiology III, Management
Information Systems, Introduction to Microcomputers, Selected Topics in Advanced
Epidemiology.
2. Taught epidemiology to medical undergraduates.
Research:
1. Developed an independently funded research program.
2. Supervised the research officer program, a program for recent medical graduates who performed
epidemiologic research and prepared their findings for publication.
Service:
1. Chaired the committee that developed the successful proposal for a Master of Science in
Epidemiology Program at the Aga Khan University.
2. Chaired the committee that restarted the Community Medicine Residency Program.
3. Directed the Information Services Unit for the Community Health Science Department.
4. Directed the epidemiology unit, for the Community Health Science Department.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Preventive Medicine Resident, Malaria Branch, 7/92 - 9/93
Major activities:
1. Field supervisor for Malaria case definition study, Mangochi and Nkhoma, Malawi 4/93-5/93
2. Supervised field activities and was malaria branch liaison to North Carolina state and local
health departments during investigation of the rapid resettlement of Vietnamese Montagnard
refugees.
3. Coordinated the field exercise study for the incoming class of 1993 Epidemic Intelligence
Service officers.
Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia
Epidemic Intelligence Service officer, Division of Field Epidemiology
Stationed at South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, 7/90 - 6/92
Major activities:
1. Investigated 11 acute outbreaks
2. Served as a technical support officer for a UNICEF/USAID/WHO/CDC sponsored vaccine
coverage and malaria and HIV/AIDS knowledge attitude and practices survey Haut-Zaire
region, Zaire 2/91 - 3/91
3. Performed 2 analytic studies of statewide HIV surveillance data.
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The Genesee Hospital, Rochester, New York
500 bed tertiary care inner city hospital
Attending physician, Emergency Division 6/89 - 6/90
Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York
Internal medicine resident 6/86 - 6/89
University of Texas Health Science Center, Dallas
Computer Programmer, Assembler language and FORTRAN
Pulmonary physiology laboratory 1/84 - 5/86
Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut
Computer Programmer, Event Driven Language and BASIC
Pulmonary laboratory 6/81 - 8/82
Certifications and Awards
Inaugural Oklahoma University International WaTER Prize, 2009 (to recognize an individual who has
made significant international contributions, either through research or teaching or service activities, in
the field of water supply and sanitation, with a focus on the world’s poorest living in small
villages/communities in rural or remote regions.)
Manuscript awards:
Shepard Award (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
o Best Paper in the Prevention Category, 2015 (co-author) (Estívariz CF et al. Immunogenicity
of three doses of bivalent, trivalent, or type 1 monovalent oral poliovirus vaccines with a 2
week interval between doses in Bangladesh: an open-label, non-inferiority, radomised,
controlled trial. Lancet Infect Dis. 2015 Aug; 15(8):898-904.)
o Best Paper in the Assessment Category, 2013 (senior author) (Sultana NK et al. Impact of
introduction of the Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine into childhood
immunization on meningitis in Bangladeshi infants. J Pediatr. 2013 Jul;
163(1 Suppl):S73-8.)
o Best Paper in the Prevention Category, 2005 (first author) (Luby SP et al. Effect of
handwashing on child health: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2005 Jul 16-22; 366
(9481):225-33.)
American Journal of Epidemiology 2014 Article of the Year (co-author): Gurley ES et al. Indoor
exposure to particulate matter and age at first acute lower respiratory infection in a low-income
urban community in Bangladesh. Am J Epidemiol. 2014 Apr 15; 179(8):967-73.
Favourite paper in infectious diseases, 2005. (Lancet Infectious Diseases, December 2005),
(Luby SP et al. Effect of handwashing on child health: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2005
Jul 16-22; 366(9481):225-33.)
Senior author on Alexander D. Langmuir Prize Manuscript, Center for Disease Control, 2001.
(Brooks JT et al. Salmonella Typhimurium infections transmitted by chlorine-pretreated clover
sprout seeds. Am J Epidemiol. 2001 Dec 1; 154(11):1020-8.)
Nakano Award Manuscripts, Centers for Disease Control:
o 2012 (Bowen A et al. Association between intensive handwashing promotion and child
development in Karachi, Pakistan: a cluster-randomized, controlled trial. Arch Pediatr
Adolesc Med. 2012 Nov; 166(11):1037-44.)
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o 2007 (Chiller TM et al. Reducing diarrhoea in Guatemalan children: randomized controlled
trial of flocculant-disinfectant for drinking-water. Bull World Health Organ. 2006 Jan;
84(1):28-35.)
o 2005 (Luby SP et al. Effect of intensive handwashing promotion on childhood diarrhea in
high-risk communities in Pakistan: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2004 Jun 2;
291(21):2547-54.)
o 2004 (Reller ME et al. A randomized controlled trial of household-based flocculant-
disinfectant drinking water treatment for diarrhea prevention in rural Guatemala. Am J Trop
Med Hyg. 2003 Oct; 69(4):411-9.)
Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain Teaching Excellence Award, James P Grant School of Public Health,
BRAC University, Inaugural award 2012 with repeat award in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Outstanding Teaching Award, Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, 1996
Center for Global Health Director’s Medal of Excellence in Global Health (CDC, 2012)
Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners, 1987, #332215
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1989, #127955
Medical License
Georgia, 1992 - 2006, #035937
Virginia, 2007 – 2014, #0101242859
California, 2014 – current, #132799
US Government Top Secret Security Clearance, 2004 - 2014
HIV/AIDS Prevention Shield, for contributions to prevention of HIV/AIDS in Sindh, Pakistan,
Government of Sindh, 2001
Contribution to water and health research profiled in Lancet (Kirby T, Profile Stephen Luby: promoting
the importance of water for health, Lancet. 2009 Dec 12; 374:1961)
Work on Nipah virus profiled in Science. (Stone R. Breaking the chain in Bangladesh, Science. 2011
March 4; 331(6021):1128-1131)
Affiliations
BRAC University, James P. Grant School of Public Health
Co-taught Introduction to Epidemiology Class with Dr. Shams el Arifeen, 2007 – 2011
Co-directed and taught, The Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases of Public Health Importance,
with Dr. Richard Cash 2006 – 2019.
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Member
EcoHealth Alliance, Science and Policy Advisory Group
One Health Bangladesh, Advisory Committee
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Safe Injection Global Network, Member
Public Private Partnership for Handwashing Promotion, Global Steering Committee, Member
Languages
English – native language, speak and write fluently
Bengali – fluent intermediate conversational and presentation skills
Spanish – Have worked professionally in Spanish speaking countries including negotiation of projects,
protocols, and implementation details with Spanish speaking colleagues, scientific presentations, and
routine correspondence
French – somewhat out of practice basic conversational, reading, and writing skills
Urdu – quite out of practice basic conversational skill
Research Projects
Since moving to Pakistan in 1993, secured external research funding as a principal or co-principal
ivestigator for >40 research projects with a total funding of ~$70 million.
Current Projects
1. Development of Vaccines Against Nipah Using Measles Vector Technology
Goal: Develop Vaccine against Nipah Virus using Measles Vector technology
Funder: CEPI; $3.6 million (Stanford budget; $31 million total); 2019 - 2024
Investigators: Kai C, Depraetere H, Luby SP, Luitjens A
Role: Co-investigator
2. Health and Economic Benefits of Water-Sensitive Revitalisation in informal Urban Settlements
Goal: Rigorously evaluate a new model for managing wastewater and floodwater in informal
settlements in Suva, Fiji and Makassar, Indonesia
Funder: Wellcome Trust; $508,187 (Stanford budget; >$20 million total); 2017 - 2022
Investigators: Brown R, Wong T, Leder K, Luby SP, Chown S
Role: Co-Principal Investigator – Oversee the health outcome evaluation
3. Developing a Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Framework for the Hilton Foundation’s 2017-2021
Safe Water Strategy
Goal: Assess the impact of a district based strategy to provide water in 6 Sub-saharan
countries
Funder: Conrad N. Hilton Foundation; $2.4 million; 2016 - 2021
Investigators: Davis J, Luby SP
Role: Co-investigator
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4. Amplifying the value of rural WASH investments
Goal: Assess the impact of amplifying value of rural WASH investments
Funder: Conrad N. Hilton Foundation; $1.7 million; 2018 - 2021
Investigators: Davis J, Luby SP
Role: Co-investigator
5. Research on Integrated Nutrition, Early childhood stimulation and WASH
Goal: Develop and deliver a scalable health worker based intervention that improves water,
sanitation, hygiene, maternal antenatal nutrition, child nutrition, early childhood
stimulation and reducing lead exposure
Funder: Bill and Melinda Gates foundation; $2.5 million; 2016 - 2020
Investigators: Rahman M, Luby SP, Winch PW, Fernald L, Stewart C, Mridha M, Tofail F
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
6. Effects of sanitation on pathogen transmission and child health in Bangladesh
Goal: To measure the effect of sanitation interventions on environmental fecal contamination
Funder: National Institutes of Health; $2,271,443; 2014 - 2019
Investigators: Colford JM, Luby SP, Nelson K, Unicomb L, Hubbard A, Arnold B, Pickering A,
Ercumen A
Role: Co-investigator
7. Evaluation of a Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine Introduction Program in Navi Mumbai, India
Goal: Evaluate the effectiveness of a new typhoid vaccine introduction by the Navi Mumbai
Municipal Corporation
Funder: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; $509,976; 2017 - 2020
Investigators: Luby SP, Andrews J, Horng L
Role: Principal Investigator
8. Surveillance for Enteric Fever in Asia Project (SEAP) - Supplement
Goal: Population based surveillance for typhoid fever in Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan
Funder: Sabin Vaccine Institute; $65,748; 2016 - 2019
Investigators: Andrews J, Luby SP, Yu AT
Role: Co-investigator
9. Optimizing Ventilation to Improve Health
Goal: Developing ventilation interventions that improve air exchange in Dhaka slums
Funder: Unorthodox Philanthropy; $500,000; 2017 - 2020
Investigators: Luby SP, Miller NG, Winch PJ, Ram PK, Nizame FA
Role: Principal Investigator
10. Predictive simulations of ventilation rates to decrease respiratory illness in Bangladesh slums
Goal: Develop a ventilation model that will support building standards for homes in low
income communities
Funder: Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment; $197,179; 2017 - 2019
Investigators: Gorle C, Luby SP
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
11. Comparing hospital hand hygiene in Liberia: soap, alcohol, and hypochlorite
Goal: Evaluating practical interventions to improve handwashing in Liberian hospitals
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Funder: U.S. Navy; $403,309; 2017 - 2020
Investigators: Luby SP, Horng LM
Role: Principal Investigator
12. Assessing brick kilns number, location and use in Bangladesh
Goal: Utilize remote satellite sensing to generate publicly available maps of brick kilns in
Bangladesh and use this to stimulate efforts to reduce pollution
Funder: Woods Institute for the Environment; $200,000; 2016 - 2020
Investigators: Luby S, Zebker H, Fukuyama F
Role: Principal Investigator
13. Health Effects of living near unimproved brick kilns and a path to improvement
Goal: Measure the risk of child and adult respiratory disease from living near a brick kilns in
rural Bangladesh
Funder: Stanford Allergy Sensitivity Center / Pulmonary; $160,000; 2017 - 2019
Investigators: Luby SP, Biswas D
Role: Principal Investigator
14. Environmental Arsenic Exposure, microbiome, and human health
Goal: Assess the impact of the microbiome on mediating the impact of arsenic exposure on
health
Funder: National Institutes of Health; $955,039; 2014 - 2019
Investigators: Relman D, Luby SP
Role: Co-investigator
15. Pigs and Parasites: Developing Interventions to End Cycles of Poverty Caused by Taenia solium and
Neurocysticercosis
Goal: Assess the pathways of Taenia solium transmission in rural Sichuan District, China.
Develop and iteratively revise interventions to interrupt transmission
Funder: Stanford SEED; $307,663; 2016 - 2020
Investigators: Luby SP, Rozelle S, Felt S, Openshaw J
Role: Principal Investigator
16. Molecular Monitoring of Domestic Wastewater for Community Health
Goal: Extract microbiological information from the waste stream
Funder: Stanford Bio-X; $200,000; 2016 - 2019
Investigators: Criddle C, Luby S
Role: Co-investigator
17. Improving health, intelligence and economic growth by reducing lead exposure
Goal: Develop and pilot incentive-compatible solutions to reduce lead exposure
Funder: Stanford Center on Global Poverty and Development; $1,000,000; 2018 - 2022
Investigators: Luby S
Role: Prinicipal Investigator
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Bibliography
Published work includes >400 original peer reviewed manuscripts including
42 as first author
157 as senior author
55 manuscripts represent the first scientific publication of the mentored first author.
Web of Science
Hirsch index = 59
> 15,700 citations
Google Scholar: > 26,000 citations
In Press
1. Naser AM, Rahman M, Unicomb L, Doza S, Selim S, Chaity M, Luby SP, Anand S, Staimez L,
Clasen TF, Gujral UP, Gribble MO, Narayan KMV. Past sodium intake, contemporary sodium intake,
and cardiometabolic health in southwest coastal Bangladesh. J Am Heart Assoc. In Press.
2. Grembi JA, Lin A, Karim MA, Islam MO, Miah R, Arnold BF, McQuade ETR, Ali S, Rahman MZ,
Hussain Z, Shoab AK, Famida SL, Hossen MS, Mutsuddi P, Rahman M, Unicomb L, Haque R,
Taniuchi M, Liu J, Platts-Mills JA, Holmes SP, Stewart CP, Benjamin-Chung J, Colford JM, Houpt
ER, Luby SP. Effect of water, sanitation, handwashing and nutrition interventions on
enteropathogens in children 14 months old: a cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh.
J Infect Dis. In Press.
3. Goddard F, Ban R, Barr DB, Brown J, Cannon J, Colford JM, Eisenberg JNS, Ercumen A, Petach
H, Freeman MC, Levy K, Luby SP, Moe C, Pickering AJ, Sarnat JA, Stewart JR, Thomas
EA, Taniuchi M, Clasen TF. Measuring environmental exposure to enteric pathogens in low-income
settings: review and recommendations of an interdisciplary working group. Environ Sci Technol. In
Press.
4. Paul KK, Sazzad HMS, Rahman M, Sultana S, Hossain MJ, Ledermann JP, Burns P, Friedman MS,
Flora MS, Fischer M, Hills S, Luby SP, Gurley ES. Hospital-based surveillance for Japanese
encephalitis in Bangladesh, 2007-2016: Implications for introduction of immunization. Int J Infect
Dis. In Press.
5. Naser AM, Doza S, Rahman M, Unicomb L, Ahmed KM, Anand S, Selim S, Shamsudduha M,
Narayan KMV, Chang H, Clasen TF, Gribble MO, Luby SP. Consequences of access to water from
managed aquifer recharge systems for blood pressure and proteinuria in south-west coastal
Bangladesh: a stepped-wedge custer-randomized trial. Int J Epidemiol. In Press.
6. Jannat K, Luby SP, Unicomb L, Rahman M, Winch PJ, Hossain MI, Stewart CP. Snack food
consumption among Bangladeshi children, supplementary data from a large RCT. Matern Child Nutr.
In Press.
7. Kwong LH, Ercumen A, Pickering AJ, Unicomb L, Davis J, Leckie JO, Luby SP. Soil ingestion
among young children in rural Bangladesh. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. In Press.
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Original Scientific Publications
1. Jahan F, Nuruzzaman M, Sultana F, Mahfuz MT, Rahman M, Akhand F, Luby SP, Unicomb L,
Winch PJ. Piloting an acceptable and feasible menstrual hygiene products disposal system in
urban and rural schools in Bangladesh. BMC Public Health. 2020 Sep 7; 20(1):1366. doi:
10.1186/s12889-020-09413-x
2. Akter F, Rahman M, Pitchik HO, Winch PJ, Fernald LCH, Nurul Huda TM, Jahir T, Amin R, Das JB,
Hossain K, Shoab AK, Khan R, Yeasmin F, Sultana J, Luby SP, Tofail F.
Adaptation and Integration of Psychosocial Stimulation, Maternal Mental Health and Nutritional
Interventions for Pregnant and Lactating Women in Rural Bangladesh. Int J Environ Res Public
Health. 2020 Aug 27; 17(17):E6233. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17176233
3. Stanaway JD, Atuhebwe PL, Luby SP, Crump JA. Assessing the Feasibility of Typhoid Elimination.
Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Jul 29; 71(Supplement_2):S179-S184. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa585
4. Date K, Shimpi R, Luby S, N R, Haldar P, Katkar A, Wannemuehler K, Mogasale V, Pallas S, Song
D, Kunwar A, Loharikar A, Yewale V, Ahmed D, Horng L, Wilhelm E, Bahl S, Harvey P, Dutta S,
Bhatnagar P. Decision Making and Implementation of the First Public Sector Introduction of
Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine-Navi Mumbai, India, 2018. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Jul 29;
71(Supplement_2):S172-S178. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa597.
5. Carey ME, MacWright WR, Im J, Meiring JE, Gibani MM, Park SE, Longley A, Jeon HJ, Hemlock
C, Yu AT, Soura A, Aiemjoy K, Owusu-Dabo E, Terferi M, Islam S, Lunguya O, Jacobs J, Gordon
M, Dolecek C, Baker S, Pitzer VE, Yousafzai MT, Tonks S, Clemens JD, Date K, Qadri F,
Heyderman RS, Saha SK, Basnyat B, Okeke IN, Qamar FN, Voysey M, Luby S, Kang G, Andrews
J, Pollard AJ, John J, Garrett D, Marks F. The Surveillance for Enteric Fever in Asia Project
(SEAP), Severe Typhoid Fever Surveillance in Africa (SETA), Surveillance of Enteric Fever in
India (SEFI), and Strategic Typhoid Alliance Across Africa and Asia (STRATAA) Population-
based Enteric Fever Studies: A Review of Methodological Similarities and Differences. Clin Infect
Dis. 2020 Jul 29; 71(Supplement_2):S102-S110. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa367
6. Andrews JR, Yu AT, Saha S, Shakya J, Aiemjoy K, Horng L, Qamar F, Garrett D, Baker S, Saha S,
Luby SP. Environmental Surveillance as a Tool for Identifying High-risk Settings for Typhoid
Transmission. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Jul 29; 71(Supplement_2):S71-S78. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa513
7. Islam M, Rahman M, Unicomb L, Kafi MAH, Rahman M, Alam M, Sen D, Islam S, Pickering AJ,
Hubbard AE, Luby SP, Arnold BF, Colford JM Jr, Ercumen A. Child defecation and feces
management practices in rural Bangladesh: Associations with fecal contamination, observed hand
cleanliness and child diarrhea. PLoS One. 2020 Jul 20; 15(7):e0236163. doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0236163
8. Grembi JA, Mayer-Blackwell K, Luby SP, Spormann AM. High-Throughput Multiparallel
Enteropathogen Detection via Nano-Liter qPCR. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2020 Jul 15; 10:351.
doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.00351
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9. Lee KH, Nikolay B, Sazzad HMS, Hossain MJ, Khan AKMD, Rahman M, Satter SM, Nichol ST,
Klena JD, Pulliam JRC, Kilpatrick AM, Sultana S, Afroj S, Daszak P, Luby S, Cauchemez S, Salje
H, Gurley E. Changing contact patterns over disease progression: Nipah virus as a case study. J
Infect Dis. 2020 Jul 6; 222(3):438-442. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa091
10. Ryckman T, Luby S, Owens DK, Bendavid E, Goldhaber-Fiebert JD. Methods for Model Calibration
under High Uncertainty: Modeling Cholera in Bangladesh. Med Decis Making. 2020 Jul;
40(5):693-709. doi: 10.1177/0272989X20938683
11. Kwong LH, Ercumen A, Pickering AJ, Unicomb L, Davis J, Luby SP. Correction to: Age-related
changes to environmental exposure: variation in the frequency that young children place hands and
objects in their mouths. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2020 Jul; 30(4):769-772. doi:
10.1038/s41370-019-0160-3
12. Nikolay B, Salje H, Khan AKMD, Sazzad HMS, Satter SM, Rahman M, Doan S, Knust B, Flora
MS, Luby SP, Cauchemez S, Gurley ES. A Framework to Monitor Changes in Transmission and
Epidemiology of Emerging Pathogens: Lessons from Nipah Virus. J Infect Dis. 2020 May 11;
221(Supplement_4):S363-S369. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa074
13. Ashraf S, Islam M, Unicomb L, Rahman M, Winch PJ, Arnold BF, Benjamin-Chung J, Ram PK,
Colford JM, Luby SP. Effect of Improved Water Quality, Sanitation, Hygiene and Nutrition
Interventions on Respiratory Illness in Young Children in Rural Bangladesh: A Multi-Arm Cluster-
Randomized Controlled Trial. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 May; 102(5):1124-1130. doi:
10.4269/ajtmh.19-0769
14. Benjamin-Chung J, Pilotte N, Ercumen A, Grant JR, Maasch JRMA, Gonzalez AM, Ester AC,
Arnold BF, Rahman M, Haque R, Hubbard AE, Luby SP, Williams SA, Colford JM Jr.
Comparison of multi-parallel qPCR and double-slide Kato-Katz for detection of soil-transmitted
helminth infection among children in rural Bangladesh. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 Apr 24;
14(4):e0008087. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008087
15. Naser AM, Rahman M, Unicomb L, Parvez SM, Islam S, Doza S, Khan GK, Ahmed KM, Anand S,
Luby SP, Shamsudduha M, Gribble MO, Narayan KMV, Clasen TF. Associations of drinking
rainwater with macro-mineral intake and cardiometabolic health: a pooled cohort analysis in
Bangladesh, 2016–2019. NPJ Clean Water. 2020 Apr 24; 3(20):1-11. doi: org/10.1038/s41545-020-
0067-5
16. Fuhrmeister ER, Ercumen A, Pickering AJ, Jeanis KM, Crider Y, Ahmed M, Brown S, Alam M, Sen
D, Islam S, Kabir MH, Islam M, Rahman M, Kwong LH, Arnold BF, Luby SP, Colford JM Jr,
Nelson KL. Effect of Sanitation Improvements on Pathogens and Microbial Source Tracking
Markers in the Rural Bangladeshi Household Environment. Environ Sci Technol. 2020 Apr 7;
54(7):4316-4326. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b04835
17. Nahar N, Asaduzzaman M, Mandal UK, Rimi NA, Gurley ES, Rahman M, Garcia F, Zimicki S,
Sultana R, Luby SP. Hunting Bats for Human Consumption in Bangladesh. Ecohealth. 2020 Mar;
17(1):139-151. doi: 10.1007/s10393-020-01468-x
18. Olival KJ, Latinne A, Islam A, Epstein JH, Hersch R, Engstrand RC, Gurley ES, Amato G, Luby SP,
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Daszak P. Population genetics of fruit bat reservoir informs the dynamics, distribution, and
diversity of Nipah virus. Mol Ecol. 2020 Mar; 29(5):970-985. doi: 10.1111/mec.15288
19. Luby SP, Davis J, Brown RR, Gorelick SM, Wong THF. Broad approaches to cholera control in
Asia: Water, sanitation and handwashing. Vaccine. 2020 Feb 29; 38 Suppl 1:A110-A117. doi:
10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.07.084
20. Fuhrmeister ER, Ercumen A, Pickering AJ, Jeanis KM, Ahmed M, Brown S, Arnold BF, Hubbard
AE, Alam M, Sen D, Islam S, Kabir MH, Kwong LH, Islam M, Unicomb L, Rahman M, Boehm
AB, Luby SP, Colford JM Jr, Nelson KL. Correction to Predictors of Enteric Pathogens in the
Domestic Environment from Human and Animal Sources in Rural Bangladesh. Environ Sci
Technol. 2020 Feb 18; 54(4):2560. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c00091
21. Lin A, Ali S, Arnold BF, Rahman MZ, Alauddin M, Grembi J, Mertens AN, Famida SL, Akther S,
Hossen MS, Mutsuddi P, Shoab AK, Hussain Z, Rahman M, Unicomb L, Ashraf S, Naser AM,
Parvez SM, Ercumen A, Benjamin-Chung J, Haque R, Ahmed T, Hossain MI, Choudhury N, Jannat
K, Alauddin ST, Minchala SG, Cekovic R, Hubbard AE, Stewart CP, Dewey KG, Colford JM,
Luby SP. Effects of water, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions on
environmental enteric dysfunction in young children: a cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural
Bangladesh. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Feb 14; 70(5):738-747. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz291
22. Paul RC, Nazneen A, Banik KC, Sumon SA, Paul KK, Akram A, Uzzaman MS, Iqbal T, Tejada-
Strop A, Kamili S, Luby SP, Gidding HF, Hayen A, Gurley ES. Hepatitis E as a cause of adult
hospitalization in Bangladesh: Results from an acute jaundice surveillance study in six tertiary
hospitals, 2014-2017. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 Jan 21; 14(1):e0007586. doi:
10.1371/journal.pntd.0007586
23. Kwong LH, Ercumen A, Pickering AJ, Unicomb L, Davis J, Luby SP. Age-related changes to
environmental exposure: variation in the frequency that young children place hands and objects in
their mouths. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2020 Jan; 30(1):205-216. doi: 10.1038/s41370-019-
0115-8
24. Sazzad HMS, Luby SP, Sejvar J, Rahman M, Gurley ES, Hill V, Murphy JL, Roy S, Cope JR, Ali
IKM. A case of primary amebic meningoencephalitis caused by Naegleria fowleri in Bangladesh.
Parasitol Res. 2020 Jan; 119(1):339-344. doi: 10.1007/s00436-019-06463-y
25. Biswas D, Ahmed M, Roguski K, Ghosh PK, Parveen S, Nizame FA, Rahman MZ, Chowdhury F,
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Intervention with Hand Sanitizer Use and Respiratory Hygiene in Reducing Laboratory-Confirmed
Influenza among Schoolchildren in Bangladesh: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Am J
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26. Forsyth JE, Nurunnahar S, Islam SS, Baker M, Yeasmin D, Islam MS, Rahman M, Fendorf S, Ardoin
NM, Winch PJ, Luby SP. Turmeric means "yellow" in Bengali: Lead chromate pigments added to
turmeric threaten public health across Bangladesh. Environ Res. 2019 Dec; 179(Pt A):108722. doi:
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27. Hooda Y, Sajib MSI, Rahman H, Luby SP, Bondy-Denomy J, Santosham M, Andrews JR, Saha SK,
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Saha S. Molecular mechanism of azithromycin resistance among typhoidal Salmonella strains in
Bangladesh identified through passive pediatric surveillance. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 Nov 15;
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28. Naser AM, Rahman M, Unicomb L, Doza S, Anand S, Chang HH, Luby SP, Clasen TF, Narayan
KMV. Comparison of Urinary Sodium and Blood Pressure Relationship From the Spot Versus 24-
Hour Urine Samples. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 Nov 5; 8(21):e013287. doi:
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29. Li T, Chen X, Wang H, Openshaw JJ, Zhong B, Felt SA, Ito A, Luby SP. High prevalence of
taeniasis and Taenia solium cysticercosis in children in western Sichuan, China. Acta Trop. 2019
Nov; 199:105133. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.105133
30. Yeasmin F, Sultana F, Unicomb L, Nizame FA, Rahman MM, Kabir H, Winch PJ, Luby SP. Piloting
a Shared Source Water Treatment Intervention among Elementary Schools in Bangladesh. Am J
Trop Med Hyg. 2019 Nov; 101(5):984-993. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0984
31. Pickering AJ, Arnold BF, Prendergast AJ, Null C, Winch PJ, Njenga SM, Rahman M, Ntozini R,
Benjamin-Chung J, Stewart CP, Colford JM Jr, Luby S, Humphrey JH. Moving towards
transformational WASH - Authors' reply. Lancet Glob Health. 2019 Nov; 7(11):e1494-e1495. doi:
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32. Baker S, Ali M, Deerin JF, Eltayeb MA, Cruz Espinoza LM, Gasmelseed N, Im J, Panzner U,
Kalckreuth VV, Keddy KH, Pak GD, Park JK, Park SE, Sooka A, Sow AG, Tall A, Luby S, Meyer
CG, Marks F. The Typhoid Fever Surveillance in Africa Program: Geospatial Sampling Frames for
Household-based Studies: Lessons Learned From a Multicountry Surveillance Network in Senegal,
South Africa, and Sudan. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Oct 30; 69(Supplement_6):S474-S482. doi:
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33. Forsyth JE, Weaver KL, Maher K, Islam MS, Raqib R, Rahman M, Fendorf S, Luby SP. Sources of
Blood Lead Exposure in Rural Bangladesh. Environ Sci Technol. 2019 Oct 1; 53(19):11429-11436.
doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b00744
34. Das P, Sazzad HMS, Aleem MA, Rahman MZ, Rahman M, Anthony SJ, Lipkin WI, Gurley ES,
Luby SP, Openshaw JJ. Hospital-based zoonotic disease surveillance in Bangladesh: design, field
data and difficulties. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2019 Sep 30; 374(1782):20190019. doi:
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35. Parvez SM, Azad R, Pickering AJ, Kwong LH, Arnold BF, Rahman MJ, Rahman MZ, Alam M, Sen
D, Islam S, Rahman M, Colford JM Jr, Luby SP, Unicomb L, Ercumen A. Microbiological
contamination of young children's hands in rural Bangladesh: Associations with child age and
observed hand cleanliness as proxy. PLoS One. 2019 Sep 10; 14(9):e0222355. doi:
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36. Fuhrmeister ER , Ercumen A, Pickering AJ, Jeanis KM, Ahmed M, Brown S, Arnold BF, Hubbard
AE, Alam M, Sen D, Islam S, Kabir MH, Kwong LH, Islam M, Unicomb L, Rahman M, Boehm
AB, Luby SP, Colford JM, Nelson KL. Predictors of Enteric Pathogens in the Domestic
Environment from Human and Animal Sources in Rural Bangladesh. Environ Sci Technol. 2019
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Sep 3; 53(17):10023-10033. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.8b07192
37. Nizame FA, Alam MU, Masud AA, Shoab AK, Opel A, Islam MK, Luby SP, Unicomb L. Hygiene
in Restaurants and among Street Food Vendors in Bangladesh. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 Sep;
101(3):566-575. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0896
38. Pickering AJ, Crider Y, Sultana S, Swarthout J, Goddard FG, Anjerul Islam S, Sen S, Ayyagari R,
Luby SP. Effect of in-line drinking water chlorination at the point of collection on child diarrhoea
in urban Bangladesh: a double-blind, cluster-randomised controlled trial. Lancet Glob Health. 2019
Sep; 7(9):e1247-e1256. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30315-8
39. Cumming O, Arnold BF, Ban R, Clasen T, Esteves Mills J, Freeman MC, Gordon B, Guiteras R,
Howard G, Hunter PR, Johnston RB, Pickering AJ, Prendergast AJ, Prüss-Ustün A, Rosenboom
JW, Spears D, Sundberg S, Wolf J, Null C, Luby SP, Humphrey JH, Colford JM. The implications
of three major new trials for the effect of water, sanitation and hygiene on childhood diarrhea and
stunting: a consensus statement. BMC Med. 2019 Aug 28; 17(1):173. doi: 10.1186/s12916-019-
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40. Stewart CP, Dewey KG, Colford JM Jr, Rahman M, Luby SP. Reply to S Rahman and S Ireen. Am J
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41. Benjamin-Chung J, Abedin J, Berger D, Clark A, Jimenez V, Konagaya E, Tran D, Arnold BF,
Hubbard AE, Luby SP, Miguel E, Colford JM. Spillover effects on health outcomes in low- and
middle-income countries: a systematic review. Int J Epidemiol. 2019 Aug 1; 48(4):1387. doi:
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42. Hegde ST, Salje H, Sazzad HMS, Hossain MJ, Rahman M, Daszak P, Klena JD, Nichol ST, Luby
SP, Gurley ES. Using healthcare-seeking behaviour to estimate the number of Nipah outbreaks
missed by hospital-based surveillance in Bangladesh. Int J Epidemiol. 2019 Aug 1; 48(4):1219-
1227. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyz057
43. Pickering AJ, Null C, Winch PJ, Mangwadu G, Arnold BF, Prendergast AJ, Njenga SM, Rahman M,
Ntozini R, Benjamin-Chung J, Stewart CP, Huda TMN, Moulton LH, Colford JM Jr, Luby SP,
Humphrey JH. The WASH Benefits and SHINE trials: interpretation of WASH intervention effects
on linear growth and diarrhoea. Lancet Glob Health. 2019 Aug; 7(8):e1139-e1146. doi:
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44. Wichaidit W, Biswas S, Begum F, Yeasmin F, Nizame FA, Najnin N, Leontsini E, Winch PJ,
Unicomb L, Luby SP, Ram PK. Effectiveness of a large-scale handwashing promotion intervention
on handwashing behaviour in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Trop Med Int Health. 2019 Aug; 24(8):972-986.
doi: 10.1111/tmi.13277
45. Najnin N, Leder K, Forbes A, Unicomb L, Qadri F, Ram PK, Winch PJ, Begum F, Biswas S, Parvin
T, Yeasmin F, Cravioto A, Luby SP. Inconsistency in Diarrhea Measurements when Assessing
Intervention Impact in a Non-Blinded Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial. Am J Trop Med Hyg.
2019 Jul; 101(1):51-58. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0872
46. Naser AM, Clasen TF, Luby SP, Rahman M, Unicomb L, Ahmed KM, Doza S, Ourshalimian S,
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Chang HH, Stowell JD, Narayan KMV, Shamsudduha M, Patel SA, O'Shea B, Gribble MO.
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47. Humphrey J, Pickering A, Null C, Winch P, Mangwadu G, Arnold B, Prendergast A, Njenga S,
Rahman M, Ntozini R, Benjamin-Chung J, Stewart C, Huda T, Moulton L, Colford J, Luby S. The
WASH Benefits and SHINE Trials. Interpretation of Findings on Linear Growth and Diarrhoea and
Implications for Policy: Perspective of the Investigative Teams (P10-136-19). Curr Dev Nutr. 2019
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48. Nikolay B, Salje H, Hossain MJ, Khan AKMD, Sazzad HMS, Rahman M, Daszak P, Ströher U,
Pulliam JRC, Kilpatrick AM, Nichol ST, Klena JD, Sultana S, Afroj S, Luby SP, Cauchemez S,
Gurley ES . Transmission of Nipah Virus - 14 Years of Investigations in Bangladesh. N Engl J
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49. Naser M, Rahman M, Unicomb L, Doza S, Gazi MS, Alam GR, Karim MR, Uddin MN, Khan GK,
Ahmed KM, Shamsudduha M, Anand S, Narayan KMV, Chang HH, Luby SP, Gribble MO,
Clasen TF. Drinking Water Salinity, Urinary Macro-Mineral Excretions, and Blood Pressure in the
Southwest Coastal Population of Bangladesh. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 May 7; 8(9):e012007. doi:
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50. Ercumen A Benjamin-Chung J, Arnold BF, Lin A, Hubbard AE, Stewart C, Rahman Z, Parvez SM,
Unicomb L, Rahman M, Haque R, Colford JM Jr, Luby SP. Effects of water, sanitation,
handwashing and nutritional interventions on soil-transmitted helminth infections in young
children: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 May
3; 13(5):e0007323. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007323.
51. Horng LM, Kakoly NS, Abedin J, Luby SP. Effect of household relocation on child vaccination and
health service utilisation in Dhaka, Bangladesh: a cross-sectional community survey. BMJ Open.
2019 Mar 15; 9(3):e026176. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026176
52. Haque F, Rahman M, Banu NN, Sharif AR, Jubayer S, Shamsuzzaman A, Alamgir A, Erasmus JH,
Guzman H, Forrester N, Luby SP, Gurley ES. An epidemic of chikungunya in northwestern
Bangladesh in 2011. PLoS One. 2019 Mar 11; 14(3):e0212218. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212218
53. Saha S, Islam MS, Sajib MSI, Saha S, Uddin MJ, Hooda Y, Hasan M, Amin MR, Hanif M,
Shahidullah M, Islam M, Luby SP, Andrews JR, Saha SK. Epidemiology of Typhoid and
Paratyphoid: Implications for Vaccine Policy. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Mar 7;
68(Supplement_2):S117-S123. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy1124
54. Huda TMN, Schmidt WP, Pickering AJ, Unicomb L, Mahmud ZH, Luby SP, Biran A. Effect of
neighborhood sanitation coverage on fecal contamination of the household environment in rural
Bangladesh. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 Mar; 100(3):717-726. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0996
55. Najnin N, Leder K, Forbes A, Unicomb L, Winch PJ, Ram PK, Nizame FA, Arman S, Begum F,
Biswas S, Cravioto A, Luby SP. Impact of a large-scale handwashing intervention on reported
respiratory illness: findings from a cluster randomized control trial. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 Mar;
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100(3):742-749. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0644
56. Almada A, Myers SS, Golden CD, Burke KS, Luby SP. Planetary Health Alliance 2019 call for
abstracts. Lancet Planet Health. 2019 Mar; 3(3):e111. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(19)30022-1
57. Naser AM, Doza S, Rahman M, Ahmed KM, Gazi MS, Alam GR, Karim MR, Khan GK, Uddin MN,
Mahmud MI, Ercumen A, Rosenbaum J, Annis J, Luby SP, Unicomb L, Clasen TF. Sand barriers
around latrine pits reduce fecal bacterial leaching into shallow groundwater: a randomized
controlled trial in coastal Bangladesh. Environ Sci Technol. 2019 Feb 19; 53(4):2105-2113. doi:
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58. Stewart CP, Dewey KG, Lin A, Pickering AJ, Byrd KA, Jannat K, Ali S, Rao G, Dentz HN,
Kiprotich M, Arnold CD, Arnold BF, Allen LH, Shahab-Ferdows S, Ercumen A, Grembi JA, Naser
AM, Rahman M, Unicomb L, Colford JM, Luby SP, Null C. Effects of lipid-based nutrient
supplements and infant and young child feeding counseling with or without improved water,
sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) on anemia and micronutrient status: results from 2 cluster-
randomized trials in Kenya and Bangladesh. Am J Clin Nutr. 2019 Jan 1; 109(1):148-164. doi:
10.1093/ajcn/nqy239
59. Saha S, Tanmoy AM, Andrews JR, Sajib MSI, Yu AT, Baker S, Luby SP, Saha SK. Evaluating
PCR-Based Detection of Salmonella Typhi and Paratyphi A in the Environment as an Enteric Fever
Surveillance Tool. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 Jan; 100(1):43-46. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0428
60. Luby S, Arthur R. Risk and Response to Biological Catastrophe in Lower Income Countries. Curr
Top Microbiol Immunol. 2019; 424:85-105. doi: 10.1007/82_2019_162
61. Anderson DE, Islam A, Crameri G, Todd S, Islam A, Khan SU, Foord A, Rahman MZ, Mendenhall
IH, Luby SP, Gurley ES, Daszak P, Epstein JH, Wang LF. Isolation and Full-Genome
Characterization of Nipah Viruses from Bats, Bangladesh. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Jan; 25(1):166-
170. doi: 10.3201/eid2501.180267
62. Andrews JR, Baker S, Marks F, Alsan M, Garrett D, Gellin BG, Saha SK, Qamar FN, Yousafzai MT,
Bogoch II, Antillon M, Pitzer VE, Kim JH, John J, Gauld J, Mogasale V, Ryan ET, Luby SP, Lo
NC. Typhoid conjugate vaccines: a new tool in the fight against antimicrobial resistance. Lancet
Infect Dis. 2019 Jan; 19(1):e26-e30. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30350-5
63. Jannat K, Luby SP, Unicomb L, Rahman M, Winch PJ, Parvez SM, Das KK, Leontsini E, Ram PK,
Stewart CP. Complementary feeding practices among rural Bangladeshi mothers: Results from
WASH Benefits study. Matern Child Nutr. 2019 Jan; 15(1):e12654. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12654.
64. Pak GD, Haselbeck AH, Seo HW, Osei I, Amuasi J, Breiman RF, Cruz Espinosa LM, Holm M, Im J,
Jang GH, Jeon HJ, Luby SP, Lunguya-Metila O, MacWright W, Mogeni OD, Okeke IN, Owusu-
Dabo E, Park JK, Park SE, Popoola O, Seo HJ, Soura AB, Teferi M, Toy T, Chon Y, Rafindrakalia
M, Rakotozandrindrainy R, Meyer CG, Marks F, Panzner U. The HPAfrica protocol: Assessment
of health behaviour and population-based socioeconomic, hygiene behavioural factors - a
standardised repeated cross-sectional study in multiple cohorts in sub-Saharan Africa. BMJ Open.
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65. Satter SM, Aliabadi N, Gastañaduy PA, Haque W, Mamun A, Flora MS, Zaman K, Rahman M,
Heffelfinger JD, Luby SP, Gurley ES, Parashar UD. An update from hospital-based surveillance
for rotavirus gastroenteritis among young children in Bangladesh, July 2012 to June 2017. Vaccine.
2018 Dec 14; 36(51):7811-7815. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.05.032
66. Satter SM, Aliabadi N, Yen C, Gastañaduy PA, Ahmed M, Mamun A, Islam K, Flora MS, Rahman
M, Zaman K, Rahman M, Heffelfinger JD, Luby SP, Gurley ES, Parashar UD. Epidemiology of
childhood intussusception in Bangladesh: Findings from an active national hospital based
surveillance system, 2012-2016. Vaccine. 2018 Dec 14; 36(51):7805-7810. doi:
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67. Paul RC, Gidding HF, Nazneen A, Banik KC, Sumon SA, Paul KK, Luby SP, Gurley ES, Hayen A.
A low-cost, community knowledge approach to estimate maternal and jaundice-associated mortality
in rural Bangladesh. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 Dec; 99(6):1633-1638. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0974
68. Barkume C, Date K, Saha SK, Qamar FN, Sur D, Andrews JR, Luby SP, Khan MI, Freeman A,
Yousafzai MT, Garret D. Phase I of the Surveillance for Enteric Fever in Asia Project (SEAP): An
overview and lessons learned. J Infect Dis. 2018 Nov 10; 218(suppl_4):S188-S194. doi:
10.1093/infdis/jiy522
69. Yu AT, Amin N, Rahman MW, Gurley ES, Rahman KM, Luby SP. Case-fatality ratio of blood
culture-confirmed Typhoid Fever in Dhaka, Bangladesh. J Infect Dis. 2018 Nov 10;
218(suppl_4):S222-S226. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiy543
70. Andrews JR, Barkume C, Yu AT, Saha SK, Qamar FN, Garrett D, Luby SP. Integrating facility-
based surveillance with healthcare utilization surveys to estimate enteric fever incidence: methods
and challenges. J Infect Dis. 2018 Nov 10; 218(suppl_4):S268-S276. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiy494
71. Luby SP. Urban Slums: A Supportive Ecosystem for Typhoidal Salmonellae. J Infect Dis. 2018
Nov 10; 218(suppl_4):S250-S254. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiy324
72. Lo NC, Gupta R, Stanaway JD, Garrett DO, Bogoch II, Luby SP, Andrews JR. Comparison of
strategies and incidence thresholds for Vi conjugate vaccines against typhoid fever: a cost-
effectiveness modeling study. J Infect Dis. 2018 Nov 10; 218(suppl_4):S232-S242. doi:
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73. Ercumen A, Mertens A, Arnold BF, Benjamin-Chung J, Hubbard AE, Ahmed MA, Kabir MH, Khalil
MMR, Kumar A, Rahman MS, Parvez SM, Unicomb L, Rahman M, Ram P, Clasen TF, Luby SP,
Colford JM. Effects of single and combined water, sanitation and handwashing interventions on
fecal contamination in the domestic environment: a cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural
Bangladesh. Environ Sci Technol. 2018 Nov 6; 52(21):12078-12088. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.8b05153
74. Ercumen A, Pickering A, Kwong LH, Mertens A, Arnold BF, Benjamin-Chung J, Hubbard AE, Alam
M, Sen D, Islam S, Khalil MMR, Kullmann C, Chase C, Ahmed R, Parvez SM, Unicomb L,
Rahman M, Ram P, Clasen TF, Luby SP, Colford JM. Do sanitation improvements reduce fecal
contamination of water, hands, food, soil and flies? Evidence from a cluster-randomized controlled
trial in rural Bangladesh. Environ Sci Technol. 2018 Nov 6; 52(21):12089-12097. doi:
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75. Khalil IA, Troeger C, Blacker BF, Rao PC, Brown A, Atherly DE, Brewer TG, Engmann CM, Houpt
ER, Kang G, Kotloff KL, Levine MM, Luby SP, MacLennan CA, Pan WK, Pavlinac PB, Platts-
Mills JA, Qadri F, Riddle MS, Ryan ET, Shoultz DA, Steele AD, Watson JL, Sanders JW, Mokdad
AH, Murray CJL, Hay SI, Reiner RC. Morbidity and mortality due to shigella and enterotoxigenic
Escherichia coli diarrhea: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990-2016. Lancet Infect Dis. 2018
Nov; 18(11):1229-1240. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30475-4
76. Lin A, Ercumen A, Benjamin-Chung J, Arnold BF, Das S, Haque R, Ashraf S, Parvez SM, Unicomb
L, Rahman M, Hubbard AE, Stewart CP, Colford JM, Luby SP. Effects of water, sanitation,
handwashing, and nutritional interventions on child enteric protozoan infections in rural
Bangladesh: a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Oct 30; 67(10):1515-1522.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy320
77. Unicomb L, Horng L, Alam MU, Halder AK, Shoab AK, Ghosh PK, Islam MK, Opel A, Luby SP.
Health-care facility Water, Sanitation, and Health-care waste management basic service levels in
Bangladesh: Results from a nation-wide survey. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 Oct; 99(4):916-923.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0133
78. Gadgil MA, Sharker Y, Unicomb L, Ram PK, Luby SP. Serial measurements of soap weights and
soap availability to describe handwashing behavior. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 Oct; 99(4):899-904.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0583
79. Biswas D, Gurley ES, Rutherford S, Luby SP. The drivers and impacts of selling soil for brick
making in Bangladesh. Environ Manage. 2018 Oct; 62(4):792-802. doi: 10.1007/s00267-018-1072-
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80. Forsyth JE, Saiful Islam M, Parvez SM, Raqib R, Sajjadur Rahman M, Marie Muehe E, Fendorf S,
Luby SP. Prevalence of elevated blood lead levels among pregnant women and sources of lead
exposure in rural Bangladesh: A case control study. Environ Res. 2018 Oct; 166:1-9. doi:
10.1016/j.envres.2018.04.019
81. Bhutta ZA, Gaffey M, Crump JA, Steele D, Breiman RF, Mintz ED, Black RE, Luby SP, Levine
MM. Typhoid fever: way forward. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 Sep; 99(3_Suppl):89-96. doi:
10.4269/ajtmh.18-0111
82. Paul RC, Rahman M, Wiesen E, Patel M, Banik KC, Sharif AR, Sultana S, Rahman M, Liyanage J,
Abesinghe N, Kamili S, Murphy T, Luby SP, Mast EE. Hepatitis B surface antigen seroprevalence
among prevaccine and vaccine era children in Bangladesh. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 Sep;
99(3):764-771. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0721
83. Rimi NA, Sultana R, Ishtiak-Ahmed K, Haider N, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Nahar N, Luby SP. Where
backyard poultry raisers seek care for sick poultry: implications for avian influenza prevention in
Bangladesh. BMC Public Health. 2018 Aug 3; 18(1):969. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5819-5
84. Benjamin-Chung J, Amin N, Ercumen A, Arnold BF, Hubbard AE, Unicomb L, Rahman M, Luby
SP, Colford JM. A randomized controlled trial to measure spillover effects of a combined water,
sanitation, and handwashing intervention in rural Bangladesh. Am J Epidemiol. 2018 Aug 1;
187(8):1733-1744. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwy046
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85. Sultana F, Unicomb LE, Nizame FA, Dutta NC, Ram PK, Luby SP, Winch PJ. Acceptability and
feasibility of sharing a soapy water system for handwashing in a low-income urban community in
Dhaka, Bangladesh: a qualitative study. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 Aug; 99(2):502-512. doi:
10.4269/ajtmh.17-0672
86. Pickering AJ, Ercumen A, Arnold BF, Kwong LH, Parvez SM, Alam M, Sen D, Islam S, Kullmann
C, Chase C, Ahmed R, Unicomb L, Colford JM, Luby SP. Fecal indicator bacteria along multiple
environmental transmission pathways (water, hands, food, soil, flies) and subsequent child diarrhea
in rural Bangladesh. Environ Sci Technol. 2018 Jul 17; 52(14):7928-7936. doi:
10.1021/acs.est.8b00928
87. Parvez SM, Azad R, Rahman M, Unicomb L, Ram PK, Naser AM, Stewart CP, Jannat K, Rahman
MJ, Leontsini E, Winch PJ, Luby SP. Achieving optimal technology and behavioral uptake of
single and combined interventions of water, sanitation hygiene and nutrition, in an efficacy trial
(WASH Benefits) in rural Bangladesh. Trials. 2018 Jul 6; 19(1):358. doi: 10.1186/s13063-018-
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88. Unicomb L, Begum F, Leontsini E, Rahman M, Ashraf S, Naser AM, Nizame FA, Jannat K, Hussain
F, Parvez SM, Arman S, Mobashara M, Luby SP, Winch PJ. WASH Benefits Bangladesh trial:
management structure for achieving high coverage in an efficacy trial. Trials. 2018 Jul 6;
19(1):359. doi: 10.1186/s13063-018-2709-1
89. Rahman M, Ashraf S, Unicomb L, Mainuddin AKM, Parvez SM, Begum F, Das KK, Naser AM,
Hussain F, Clasen T, Luby SP, Leontsini E, Winch PJ. WASH Benefits Bangladesh trial: system
for monitoring coverage and quality in an efficacy trial. Trials. 2018 Jul 6; 19(1):360. doi:
10.1186/s13063-018-2708-2
90. Naziat H, Saha S, Islam M, Saha S, Uddin MJ, Hussain M, Luby SP, Darmstadt GL, Whitney CG,
Gessner BD, Saha SK. Epidemiology of otitis media with otorrhea among Bangladeshi children:
baseline study for future assessment of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018
Jul; 37(7):715-721. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002077
91. Khan SU, Gurley ES, Gerloff N, Rahman MZ, Simpson N, Rahman M, Haider N, Chowdhury S,
Balish A, Zaman RU, Nasreen S, Chandra Das B, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Sturm-Ramirez K, Davis
CT, Donis RO, Luby SP. Avian influenza surveillance in domestic waterfowl and environment of
live bird markets in Bangladesh, 2007-2012. Sci Rep. 2018 Jun 20; 8(1):9396. doi:
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92. Arnold BF, Null C, Luby SP, Colford JM. Implications of WASH Benefits trials for water and
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160. Nizame FA, Leontsini E, Luby SP, Nuruzzaman M, Parveen S, Winch PJ, Ram PK, Unicomb L.
Hygiene Practices During Food Preparation in Rural Bangladesh: Opportunities to Improve the
Impact of Handwashing Interventions. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016 Aug 3; 95(2):288-97. doi:
10.4269/ajtmh.15-0377
161. Kwong LH, Ercumen A, Pickering AJ, Unicomb L, Davis J, Luby SP. Hand- and Object-Mouthing
of Rural Bangladeshi Children 3-18 Months Old. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2016 Jun 4;
13(6). pii: E563. doi: 10.3390/ijerph13060563
162. Guiteras RP, Levine DI, Luby SP, Polley TH, Khatun-e-Jannat K, Unicomb L. Disgust, Shame,
and Soapy Water: Tests of Novel Interventions to Promote Safe Water and Hygiene. Journal of
the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. 2016 June; 3(2):321-359. doi:
10.1086/684161
163. Rahman MJ, Nizame FA, Nuruzzaman M, Akand F, Islam MA, Parvez SM, Stewart CP, Unicomb
L, Luby SP, Winch PJ. Towards a Scalable and Sustainable Intervention for Complementary
Food Safety. Food Nutr Bull. 2016 Jun; 37(2):186-201. doi: 10.1177/0379572116631641
164. Saha SK, Hossain B, Islam M, Hasanuzzaman M, Saha S, Hasan M, Darmstadt GL, Chowdury M,
Arifeen SE, Baqui AH, Breiman RF, Santosham M, Luby SP, Whitney CG. Epidemiology of
Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Bangladeshi Children Before Introduction of Pneumococcal
Conjugate Vaccine. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 Jun; 35(6):655-61. doi:
10.1097/INF.0000000000001037
165. Harris AR, Pickering AJ, Harris M, Doza S, Islam MS, Unicomb L, Luby S, Davis J, Boehm AB.
Ruminants Contribute Fecal Contamination to the Urban Household Environment in Dhaka,
Bangladesh. Environ Science Technol. 2016 May 3; 50(9), 4642-4649. doi:
10.1021/acs.est.5b06282
166. Islam MS, Sazzad HMS, Satter SM, Sultana S, Hossain MJ, Hasan M, Rahman M, Campbell S,
Cannon DL, Ströher U, Daszak P, Luby SP, Gurley ES. Nipah Virus Transmission from Bats to
Humans Associated with Drinking Traditional Liquor Made from Date Palm Sap, Bangladesh,
2011-2014. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Apr; 22(4):664-70. doi: 10.3201/eid2204.151747
167. Ao TT, Rahman M, Haque F, Chakraborty A, Hossain MJ, Haider S, Alamgir AS, Sobel J, Luby
SP, Gurley ES. Low-Cost National Media-Based Surveillance System for Public Health Events,
Bangladesh. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Apr; 22(4):720-2.
168. Paul RC, Faruque ASG, Alam M, Iqbal A, Zaman K, Islam N, Sobhan A, Das SK, Malek MA,
Qadri F, Cravioto A, Luby SP. Incidence of severe diarrhoea due to Vibrio cholerae in the
catchment area of six surveillance hospitals in Bangladesh. Epidemiol Infect. 2016 Apr;
144(5):927-39.
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169. Gerloff NA, Khan SU, Zanders N, Balish A, Haider N, Islam A, Chowdhury S, Rahman MZ,
Haque A, Hosseini P, Gurley ES, Luby SP, Wentworth DE, Donis RO, Sturm-Ramirez K, Davis
CT. Genetically Diverse Low Pathogenicity Avian Influenza A Virus Subtypes Co-Circulate
among Poultry in Bangladesh. PLoS One. 2016 Mar 24; 11(3):e0152131. doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0152131
170. Openshaw JJ, Hegde S, Sazzad HM, Khan SU, Hossain MJ, Epstein JH, Daszak P, Gurley ES,
Luby SP. Increased Morbidity and Mortality in Domestic Animals Eating Dropped and Bitten
Fruit in Bangladeshi Villages: Implications for Zoonotic Disease Transmission. EcoHealth. 2016
Mar; 13(1):39-48. doi : 10.1007/s10393-015-1080-x
171. Amin N, Crider YS, Unicomb L, Das KK, Gope PS, Mahmud ZH, Islam MS, Davis J, Luby SP,
Pickering AJ. Field trial of an automated batch chlorinator system at shared water points in an
urban community of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for
Development. 2016 Mar; 6(1):32-41. doi: 10.2166/washdev.2016.027
172. Homaira N, Luby SP, Hossain K, Islam K, Ahmed M, Rahman M, Rahman Z, Paul RC, Bhuiyan
MU, Brooks WA, Sohel BM, Banik KC, Widdowson MA, Willby M, Rahman M, Bresee J,
Ramirez KS, Azziz-Baumgartner E. Respiratory Viruses Associated Hospitalization among
Children Aged <5 Years in Bangladesh: 2010–2014. PLoS One. 2016 Feb 3; 11(2): e0147982.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147982
173. Hoy-Schultz YE, Jannat K, Roberts T, Zaidi SH, Unicomb L, Luby S, Parsonnet J. Safety and
acceptability of Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 and Bifidobacterium longum subspecies
infantis 35624 in Bangladeshi infants: a phase I randomized clinical trial. BMC Complement
Altern Med. 2016 Feb 2; 16:44. doi: 10.1186/s12906-016-1016-1
174. Chakraborty A, Sazzad HMS, Hossain MJ, Islam MS, Parveen S, Husain M, Banu SS, Podder G,
Afroj S, Rollin PE, Daszak P, Luby SP, Rahman M, Gurley ES. Evolving epidemiology of Nipah
virus infection in Bangladesh: evidence from outbreaks during 2010-11. Epidemiol Infect. 2016
Jan; 144(2):371-80. doi: 10.1017/S0950268815001314
175. Benjamin-Chung J, Nazneen A, Halder AK, Haque R, Siddique A, Uddin MS, Koporc K, Arnold
BF, Hubbard AE, Unicomb L, Luby SP, Addiss DG, Colford JM. The Interaction of Deworming,
Improved Sanitation, and Household Flooring with Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infection in Rural
Bangladesh. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Dec 1; 9(12):e0004256.
doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004256
176. Nahar N, Uddin M, Gurley ES, Jahangir Hossain M, Sultana R, Luby SP. Cultural and Economic
Motivation of Pig Raising Practices in Bangladesh. EcoHealth. 2015 Dec; 12(4):611-620.
177. Anand A, Zaman K, Estívariz CF, Yunus M, Gary HE, Weldon WC, Bari TI, Oberste MS,
Wassilak SG, Luby SP, Heffelinger JD, Pallansch MA. Early priming with inactivated poliovirus
vaccine (IPV) and intradermal fractional dose IPV administered by a microneedle device: A
randomized controlled trial. Vaccine. 2015 Nov 27; 33(48):6816-22.
178. Nahar N, Paul RC, Sultana R, Gurley ES, Garcia F, Abedin J, Sumon SA, Banik KC, Asaduzzaman
M, Rimi NA, Rahman M, Luby SP. Raw Sap Consumption Habits and its Association with
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Knowledge of Nipah Virus in Two Endemic Districts in Bangladesh. PLoS One. 2015 Nov 9;
10(11): e0142292.
179. Luby SP, Halder AK, Huda TM, Unicomb L, Islam MS, Arnold BF, Johnston RB. Microbiological
Contamination of Drinking Water Associated with Subsequent Child Diarrhea. Am J Trop Med
Hygiene. 2015 Nov; 93(5):904-11.
180. Haque F, Banu SS, Ara K, Chowhury IA, Chowdhury SA, Kamili S, Rahman M, Luby SP. An
outbreak of hepatitis E in an urban area of Bangladesh. J Viral Hepat. 2015 Nov; 22(11):948-56.
181. Qadri F, Ali M, Chowdhury F, Khan AI, Saha A, Khan IA, Begum YA, Bhuiyan TR, Chowdhury
MI, Uddin MJ, Khan JA, Chowdhury AI, Rahman A, Siddique SA, Asaduzzaman M, Akter A,
Khan A, Ae You Y, Siddik MAU, Saha NC, Kabir A, Riaz BK, Biswas SK, Begum F, Unicomb
L, Luby SP, Cravioto A, Clemens JD. Feasibility and effectiveness of oral cholera vaccine in an
urban endemic setting in Bangladesh: a cluster randomised open-label trial. Lancet. 2015 Oct 3;
386(10001):1362-71. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)61140-0
182. Luby SP, Biswas D, Gurley ES, Hossain I. Why highly polluting methods are used to manufacture
bricks in Bangladesh. Energy for Sustainable Development. 2015 Oct; 28:68-74.
183. Estívariz CF, Anand A, Gary HE, Rahman M, Islam J, Bari TI, Wassilak SG, Chu SY, Weldon
WC, Pallansch MA, Heffelfinger JD, Luby SP, Zaman K. Immunogenicity of three doses of
bivalent, trivalent, or type 1 monovalent oral poliovirus vaccines with a 2 week interval between
doses in Bangladesh: an open-label, non-inferiority, radomised, controlled trial. Lancet Infect Dis.
2015 Aug; 15(8):898-904. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00094-8
184. Khatun S, Chakraborty A, Rahman M, Banu N, Rahman MM, Hasan SM, Luby SP, Gurly ES. An
Outbreak of Chikungunya in Rural Bangladesh, 2011. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Jul 10; 9(7):
e0003907.
185. Naser AM, Hossain MJ, Sazzad HMS, Homaira N, Gurley ES, Podder G, Afroj S, Banu S, Rollin
PE, Daszak P, Ahmed BN, Rahman M, Luby SP. Integrated cluster- and case-based surveillance
for detecting stage III zoonotic pathogens: an example of Nipah virus surveillance in Bangladesh.
Epidemiol Infect. 2015 Jul; 143(9):1922-30.
186. Ram PK, DiVita MA, Khatun-e-Jannat K, Islam M, Krytus K, Cercone E, Sohel BM, Ahmed M,
Rahman AMQ, Rahman AM, Yu J, Brooks WA, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Fry AM, Luby SP.
Impact of Intensive Handwashing Promotion on Secondary Household Influenza-Like Illness in
Rural Bangladesh: Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial. PLoS One. 2015 Jun 11;
10(6):e0125200.
187. Nizame FA, Nasreen S, Halder AK, Arman S, Winch PJ, Unicomb L, Luby SP. Observed practices
and perceived advantages of different hand cleansing agents in rural Bangladesh: ash, soil and
soap. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Jun; 92(6):1111-6.
188. Fry AM, Goswami D, Nahar K, Sharmin AT, Rahman M, Gubareva L, Trujillo A, Barnes J, Azim
T, Bresee J, Luby SP, Brooks WA. Effects of oseltamivir treatment of index patients with
influenza on secondary household illness in an urban setting in Bangladesh: secondary analysis of
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a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet Infect Dis. 2015 Jun; 15(6):654-62.
189. Haider N, Rahman MS, Khan MSU, Mikolon A, Osmani MG, Gurley ES, Shanta IS, Paul SK,
Macfarlane-Berry L, Islam A, Islam A, Desmond J, Epstein JH, Priestly RA, Kersh GJ, Rahman
MZ, Daszak P, Luby SP, Massung RF, Zeidner N. Serological Evidence of Coxiella burnetii
Infection in Cattle and Goats in Bangladesh. EcoHealth. 2015 Jun; 12(2):354-8.
190. Doshi S, Silk BJ, Dutt D, Ahmed M, Cohen AL, Taylor TH, Brooks WA, Goswami D, Luby SP,
Fry AM, Ram PK. Household-level risk factors for influenza among young children in Dhaka,
Bangladesh: a case-control study. Trop Med Int Health. 2015 Jun; 20(6):719-29.
191. Rahman KM, Samarawickrema IV, Harley D, Olsen A, Butler CD, Sumon SA, Biswas SK, Luby
SP, Sleigh AC. Performance of kala-azar surveillance in Gaffargaon subdistrict of Mymensingh,
Bangladesh. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Apr 10; 9(4): e0003531.
192. Nasreen S, Khan SU, Luby SP, Gurley ES, Abedin J, Zaman RU, Sobel BM, Rahman M, Hancock
K, Levine MZ, Veguilla V, Wang D, Holiday C, Gillis E, Sturm-Ramirez K, Bresee J, Rahman
M, Uyeki TM, Katz JM, Azziz-Baumgartner E. Highly pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1)
virus infection among workers at live bird market, Bangladesh, 2009–2010. Emerg Infect Dis.
2015 Apr; 21(4):629-37.
193. Najnin N, Arman S, Abedin J, Unicomb L, Levine DI, Mahmud M, Leder K, Yeasmin F, Luoto JE,
Albert J, Luby SP. Explaining low rates of sustained use of siphon water filter: evidence from
follow-up of a randomised controlled trial in Bangladesh. Trop Med Int Health. 2015 Apr;
20(4):471-83.
194. Ercumen A, Naser AM, Unicomb L, Arnold BF, Colford JM, Luby SP. Effects of source- versus
household contamination of tubewell water on child diarrhea in rural Bangladesh: a randomized
controlled trial. PLoS One. 2015 Mar 27; 10(3): e0121907,
195. Pickering AJ, Crider Y, Amin N, Bauza V, Unicomb L, Davis J, Luby SP. Differences in field
effectiveness and adoption between a novel automated chlorination system and household manual
chlorination of drinking water in Dhaka, Bangladesh: a randomized controlled trial. PLoS One.
2015 Mar 3; 10(3):e0118397. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0118397
196. Sazzad HMS, Luby SP, Ströher U, Daszak P, Sultana S, Afroj S, Rahman M, Gurley ES.
Exposure-based screening for Nipah virus encephalitis, Bangladesh. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Feb;
21(2):349-51.
197. Nahar N, Mondal UK, Hossain MJ, Khan MS, Sultana R, Gurley ES, Luby SP. Piloting the
promotion of bamboo skirt barriers to prevent Nipah virus transmission through date palm sap in
Bangladesh. Global Health Promotion. 2014 Dec; 21(4):7-15.
198. Luby SP, Lu X, Cromeans T, Sharker MAY, Kadir MA, Erdman DD. Hand contamination with
human rhinovirus in Bangladesh. J Med Virol. 2014 Dec; 86(12):2177-80.
199. Lederman E, Khan SU, Luby S, Zhao H, Braden Z, Gao JX, Karem K, Damon I, Reynolds M, Li
Y. Zoonotic parapoxviruses detected in symptomatic cattle in Bangladesh. BMC Research Notes.
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2014 Nov 19; 7:816.
200. Sazzad HMS, Rainey JJ, Kahn AL, Mach O, Liyanage JBL, Alam AN, Kawser CA, Hossain A,
Sutter R, Luby SP. Screening for long-term poliovirus excretion among children with primary
immunodeficiency disorders: preparation for the polio posteradication era in Bangladesh. J Infect
Dis. 2014 Nov; 210 Suppl 1:S373–9.
201. Chowdhury S, Khan SU, Crameri G, Epstein JH, Broder CC, Islam A, Peel AJ, Barr J, Daszak P,
Wang LF, Luby SP. Serological evidence of henipavirus exposure in cattle, goats and pigs in
Bangladesh. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Nov; 8(11);e3302.
202. Zaman K, Naser AM, Power M, Yaich M, Zhang L, Ginsburg AS, Luby SP, Rahman M, Hills S,
Bhardwaj M, Flores J. Lot-to-lot consistency of live attenuated SA 14-14-2 Japanese encephalitis
vaccine manufactured in a good manufacturing practice facility and non-inferiority with respect
to an earlier product. Vaccine. 2014 Oct 21; 32(46):6061-6.
203. Khan SU, Salje H, Hannan A, Islam MA, Bhuyan AA, Islam MA, Rahman MZ, Nahar N, Hossain
MJ, Luby SP, Gurley ES. Dynamics of Japanese encephalitis virus transmission among pigs in
Northwest Bangladesh and the potential impact of pig vaccination. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014
Sep 25; 8(9):e3166.
204. Gurley ES, Hossain MJ, Paul RC, Sazzad HMS, Islam MS, Parveen S, Faruque LI, Husain M, Ara
K, Jahan Y, Rahman M, Luby SP. Outbreak of hepatitis E in urban Bangladesh resulting in
maternal and perinatal mortality. Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Sep 1; 59(5):658-65.
205. Zhang Y, Brooks WA, Goswami D, Rahman M, Luby SP, Erdman DD. A duplex recombinant
viral nucleoprotein microbead immunoassay for simultaneous detection of seroresponses to
human respiratory syncytial virus and metapneumovirus infections. J Virol Methods. 2014 Sep;
206:55-62.
206. Amin N, Pickering AJ, Ram PK, Unicomb L, Najnin N, Homaira N, Ashraf S, Abedin J, Islam MS,
Luby SP. Microbiological evaluation of the efficacy of soapy water to clean hands: a
randomized, non-inferiority field trial. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Aug; 91(2):415-23.
207. Bhuiyan MU, Luby SP, Alamgir NI, Homaira N, Mamun AA, Khan JAM, Abedin J, Sturm-
Ramirez K, Gurley ES, Zaman RU, Alamgir ASM, Rahman M, Widdowson MA, Aziz-
Baumgartner E. Economic burden of influenza-associated hospitalizations and outpatient visits in
Bangladesh during 2010. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 2014 Jul; 8(4):406-13.
208. Bhuiyan MU, Luby SP, Zaman RU, Rahman MW, Sharker MAY, Hossain MJ, Rasul CH, Ekram
ARMS, Rahman M, Sturm-Ramirez K, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Gurley ES. Incidence of and risk
factors for hospital-acquired diarrhea in three tertiary care public hospitals in Bangladesh. Am J
Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Jul; 91(1):165-172.
209. Haider N, Rahman MS, Khan MSU, Mikolon A, Gurley ES, Osmani MG, Shanta IS, Paul SK,
Macfarlane-Berry L, Islam A, Desmond J, Epstein JH, Daszak P, Azim T, Luby SP, Zeidner N,
Rahman MZ. Identification and epidemiology of a rare HoBi-like pestivirus strain in Bangladesh.
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Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2014 Jun; 61(3):193-8.
210. Sarker MAY, Nasser M, Abedin MJ, Arnold BF, Luby SP. The risk of misclassifying subjects
within principal component based asset index. Emerging Themes in Epidemiology. 2014 Jun 18;
11:6.
211. Rahman KM, Olsen A, Harley D, Butler CD, Mondal D, Luby SP, Sleigh AC. Kala-azar in
pregnancy in Mymensingh, Bangladesh: a social autopsy. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 May 1;
8(5):e2710.
212. Vujcic J, Ram PK, Hussain F, Unicomb L, Gope PS, Abedin J, Mahmud ZH, Islam MS, Luby SP.
Toys and toilets: cross-sectional study using children’s toys to evaluate environmental faecal
contamination in rural Bangladeshi households with different sanitation facilities and practices.
Trop Med Int Health. 2014 May; 19(5):528-36.
213. Ram PK, Dutt D, Silk BJ, Doshi S, Rudra CB, Abedin J, Goswami D, Fry AM, Brooks WA, Luby
SP, Cohen AL. Household air quality risk factors associated with childhood pneumonia in urban
Dhaka, Bangladesh. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 May; 90(5):968-75.
214. Gurley ES, Salje H, Homaira N, Ram PK, Haque R, Petri WA, Bresee J, Moss WJ, Luby SP,
Breysse P, Azziz-Baumgartner E. Indoor exposure to particulate matter and age at first acute
lower respiratory infection in a low-income urban community in Bangladesh. Am J Epidemiol.
2014 Apr 15; 179(8):967-73.
215. Hahn M, Epstein JH, Gurley ES, Islam MS, Luby SP, Daszak P, Patz JA. Roosting behaviour and
habitat selection of Pteropus giganteus reveals potential links to Nipah virus epidemiology. J
Appl Ecol. 2014 Apr 1; 51(2):376-387.
216. Salje H, Gurley ES, Homaira N, Ram PK, Haque R, Petri W, Moss WJ, Luby SP, Breysse P,
Azziz-Baumgartner E. Impact of neighborhood biomass cooking patterns on episodic high indoor
particulate matter concentrations in clean fuel homes in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Indoor Air. 2014
Apr; 24(2):213-20.
217. Luoto J, Levine D, Albert J, Luby S. Nudging to use: Achieving safe water behaviors in Kenya and
Bangladesh. Journal of Development Economics. 2014 Mar 18; 110:13-21.
218. Khan SU, Berman L, Haider N, Gerloff N, Rahman MZ, Shu B, Rahman M, Dey TK, Davis TC,
Das BC, Balish A, Islam A, Teifke JP, Zeidner N, Lindstrom S, Klimov A, Donis RO, Luby SP,
Shivaprasad HL, Mikolon AB. Investigating a crow die-off in January-February 2011 during the
introduction of a new clade of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 into Bangladesh.
Arch Virol. 2014 Mar; 159(3):509-18.
219. Islam MS, Luby SP, Sultana R, Rimi NA, Zaman RU, Uddin M, Nahar N, Rahman M, Gurley ES.
Family caregivers in public tertiary care hospitals in Bangladesh: risks and opportunities for
infection control. Am J Infect Control. 2014 Mar; 42(3):305-10.
220. Rimi NA, Sultana R, Ishtiak-Ahmed K, Khan SU, Sharker MA, Uz Zaman R, Azziz-Baumgartner
E, Gurley ES, Nahar N, Luby SP. Poultry slaughtering practices in rural communities of
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Bangladesh and risk of avian influenza transmission: a qualitative study. EcoHealth. 2014 March;
11(1):83-93.
221. Nasreen S, Luby SP, Brooks WA, Homaira N, al-Mamun A, Bhuiyan MU, Rahman M, Ahmed D,
Abedin J, Rahman M, Alamgir ASM, Fry AM, Streatfield PK, Rahman A, Breese J, Widdowson
MA, Azziz-Baumgartner E. Population-based incidence of severe acute respiratory virus
infections among children aged <5 years in rural Bangladesh, June-October 2010. PLoS One.
2014 Feb 25; 9(2):e89978.
222. Rimi NA, Sultana R, Luby SP, Islam MS, Uddin M, Hossain MJ, Zaman RU, Nahar N, Gurley ES.
Infrastructure and contamination of the physical environment in three Bangladeshi hospitals:
putting infection control into context. PLoS One. 2014 Feb 19; 9(2):e89085.
223. Fry AM, Goswami D, Nahar K, Sharmin AT, Rahman M, Gubareva L, Azim T, Bresee J, Luby SP,
Brooks WA. Efficacy of oseltamivir treatment started within 5 days of symptom onset to reduce
influenza illness duration and virus shedding in an urban setting in Bangladesh: a randomised
placebo-controlled randomized trial. Lancet Infect Dis. 2014 Feb; 14(2):109-18.
224. Hahn MB, Gurley ES, Epstein JH, Islam MS, Patz JA, Daszak P, Luby SP. The role of landscape
composition and configuration on Pteropus giganteus roosting ecology and Nipah virus spillover
risk in Bangladesh. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Feb; 90(2):247-55.
225. Gerloff NA, Khan SU, Balish A, Shanta IS, Simpson N, Berman L, Haider N, Poh MK, Islam A,
Gurley E, Hasnat MA, Dey T, Shu B, Emery S, Lindstrom S, Haque A, Klimov A, Villanueva J,
Rahman M, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Ziaur Rahman M, Luby SP, Zeidner N, Donis RO, Sturm-
Ramirez K, Davis CT. Multiple reassortment events among highly pathogenic avian influenza
A(H5N1) viruses detected in Bangladesh. Virology. 2014 Feb; 450-451:297-307.
226. Azziz-Baumgartner E, Homaira N, Hamadani JD, Tofail F, Dahlberg LL, Haque R, Luby SP,
Naved RT. The prevalence and impact of intimate partner violence on maternal distress in a
community of low-income Bangladeshi and displaced ethnic Bihari mothers: Dhaka, 2008-2009.
Violence Against Women. 2014 Jan; 20(1):59-73.
227. Haynes AK, Manangan AP, Iwane MK, Sturm-Ramirez K, Homaira N, Brooks WA, Luby S,
Rahman M, Klena JD, Zhang Y, Yu H, Zhan F, Dueger E, Mansour AM, Azazzy N, McCracken
JP, Bryan JP, Lopez MR, Burton DC, Bigogo G, Breiman RF, Feikin DR, Njenga K,
Montgomery J, Cohen AL, Moyes J, Pretorius M, Cohen C, Venter M, Chittaganpitch M,
Thamthitiwat S, Sawatwong P, Baggett HC, Luber G, Gerber SI. Respiratory syncytial virus
circulation in seven countries with Global Disease Detection Regional Centers. J Infect Dis. 2013
Dec 15; 208 Suppl 3:S246-54.
228. Khan IA, Saha A, Chowdhury F, Khan AI, Uddin MJ, Begum YA, Riaz BK, Islam S, Ali M, Luby
SP, Clemens JD, Cravioto A, Qadri F. Coverage and cost of a large oral cholera vaccination
program in a high-risk cholera endemic urban population in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Vaccine. 2013
Dec 9; 31(51):6058-64.
229. Nizame FA, Unicomb L, Sangvhi T, Roy S, Nuruzzaman M, Ghosh PK, Winch PJ, Luby SP.
Handwashing before food preparation and child feeding: a missed opportunity for hygiene
promotion. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Dec; 89(6):1179-85.
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230. Islam A, Mikolon A, Mikoleit M, Ahmed D, Khan SU, Sharker MAY, Hossain MJ, Islam A,
Epstein JH, Zeidner N, Luby SP. Isolation of Salmonella Virchow from a fruit bat (Pteropus
giganteus). EcoHealth. 2013 Dec; 10(4):348-51.
231. Islam MS, Hossain MJ, Mikolon A, Parveen S, Khan MSU, Haider N, Chakraborty A, Titu AMN,
Rahman MW, Sazzad HMS, Rahman M, Gurley ES, Luby SP. Risk practices for animal and
human anthrax in Bangladesh: an exploratory study. Infect Ecol Epidemiol. 2013 Nov 27;
3:21356.
232. Haque F, Kundu SK, Islam MS, Hasan SM, Khatun A, Gope PS, Mahmud ZH, Alamgir ASM,
Islam MS, Rahman M, Luby SP. Outbreak of mass sociogenic illness in a school feeding
program in northwest Bangladesh, 2010. PLoS One. 2013 Nov 14; 8(11):e80420.
233. Dreibelbis R, Winch PJ, Leontsini E, Hulland KRS, Ram PK, Unicomb L, Luby SP. The Integrated
Behavioural Model for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene: a systematic review of behavioural
models and a framework for designing and evaluating behaviour change interventions in
infrastructure-restricted settings. BMC Public Health. 2013 Oct 26; 13:1015 doi: 10.1186/1471-
2458-13-1015.
234. Gurley ES, Homaira N, Salje H, Ram PK, Haque R, Petri W, Bresee J, Moss WJ, Breysse P, Luby
SP, Azziz-Baumgartner E. Indoor exposure to particulate matter and the incidence of acute lower
respiratory infections among children: a birth cohort study in urban Bangladesh. Indoor Air. 2013
Oct; 23(5):379-86.
235. Hulland KRS, Leontsini E, Dreibelbis R, Unicomb L, Afroz A, Dutta NC, Nizame FA, Luby SP,
Ram PK, Winch PJ. Designing a handwashing station for infrastructure-restricted communities in
Bangladesh using the Integrated Behavioural Model for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Interventions (IBM-WASH). BMC Public Health. 2013 Sep 23; 13:877.
236. Nasreen S, Uddin Khan S, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Hancock K, Veguilla V, Wang D, Rahman M,
Alamgir ASM, Sturm-Ramirez K, Gurley ES, Luby SP, Katz JM, Uyeki TM. Seroprevalence of
antibodies against highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus among poultry workers in
Bangladesh, 2009. PLoS One. 2013 Sep 5; 8(9):e73200.
237. Anthony SJ, Epstein JH, Murray KA, Navarrete-Macias I, Zambrana-Torrelio CM, Solovyov A,
Ojeda-Flores R, Arrigo NC, Islam A, Ali Khan S, Hosseini P, Bogich TL, Olival KJ, Sanchez-
Leon MD, Karesh WB, Goldstein T, Luby SP, Morse SS, Mazet JA, Daszak P, Lipkin WI. A
strategy to estimate unknown viral diversity in mammals. MBio. 2013 Sep 3; 4(5):e00598-13.
238. Nahar N, Mondal UK, Sultana R, Hossain MJ, Khan MSU, Gurley ES, Oliveras E, Luby SP.
Piloting the use of indigenous methods to prevent Nipah virus infection by interrupting bats’
access to date palm sap in Bangladesh. Health Promot Int. 2013 Sep; 28(3):378-86.
239. Arnold BF, Null C, Luby SP, Unicomb L, Stewart CP, Dewey KG, Ahmed T, Ashraf S,
Christensen G, Clasen T, Dentz HN, Fernald LC, Haque R, Hubbard AE, Kariger P, Leontsini E,
Lin A, Njenga SM, Pickering AJ, Ram PK, Tofail F, Winch PJ, Colford JM. Cluster-randomised
controlled trials of individual and combined water, sanitation, hygiene, and nutritional
interventions in rural Bangladesh and Kenya: the WASH Benefits study design and rationale.
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BMJ Open. 2013 Aug 30; 3(8):e003476. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003476.
240. Halder AK, Molyneaux JW, Luby SP, Ram PK. Impact of duration of structured observations on
measurement of handwashing behavior at critical times. BMC Public Health. 2013 Aug 2;
13:705.
241. Islam S, Kenah E, Bhuiyan MA, Rahman KM, Goodhew B, Ghalib CM, Zahid MM, Ozaki M,
Rahman MW, Haque R, Luby SP, Maguire JH, Martin D, Bern C. Clinical and immunological
aspects of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in Bangladesh. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Aug;
89(2):345-53.
242. Haque F, Hossain JM, Kundu SK, Naser AM, Rahman M, Luby SP. Cholera Outbreaks in Urban
Bangladesh in 2011. Epidemiology Open Access. 2013 Jul 02; 3:126. doi:10.4172/2161-
1165.1000126.
243. Sultana R, Mondal UK, Rimi NA, Unicomb L, Winch PJ, Nahar N, Luby SP. An improved tool for
household faeces management in rural Bangladeshi communities. Trop Med Int Health. 2013 Jul;
18(7):854-60.
244. Lin A, Arnold BF, Afreen S, Goto R, Huda TMN, Haque R, Raqib R, Unicomb L, Ahmed T,
Colford JM, Luby SP. Household environmental conditions are associated with enteropathy and
impaired growth in rural Bangladesh. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Jul; 89(1):130–7.
245. Sultana NK, Saha SK, Al-Emran HM, Modak JK, Sharker MAY, El-Arifeen S, Cohel AL, Baqui
AH, Luby SP. Impact of introduction of the Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine
into childhood immunization on meningitis in Bangladeshi infants. J Pediatr. 2013 Jul; 163(1
Suppl):S73-8.
246. Roy M, Harris J, Afreen S, Deak E, Gade L, Balajee SA, Park B, Chiller T, Luby S. Aflatoxin
contamination in food commodities in Bangladesh. Food Additives & Contaminants: Part B
Surveillance. 2013 Mar 1; 6(1):17-23
247. Bowen A, Agboatwalla M, Ayers T, Tobery T, Tariq M, Luby SP. Sustained improvements in
handwashing indicators more than 5 years after a cluster-randomised, community-based trial of
handwashing promotion in Karachi, Pakistan. Trop Med Int Health. 2013 Mar; 18(3):259-67.
248. Gurley ES, Salje H, Homaira N, Ram PK, Haque R, Petri WA, Bresee J, Moss WJ, Luby SP,
Breysse P, Azziz-Baumgartner E. Seasonal concentrations and determinants of indoor particulate
matter in a low-income community in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Environ Res. 2013 Feb; 121:11-16.
249. Olival KJ, Islam A, Yu M, Anthony SJ, Epstein JH, Khan SA, Khan SU, Crameri G, Wang LF,
Lipkin WI, Luby SP, Daszak P. Ebola virus antibodies in fruit bats, Bangladesh. Emerg Infect
Dis. 2013 Feb; 19(2):270-3.
250. Sazzad HMS, Hossain MJ, Gurley ES, Ameen KMH, Parveen S, Islam MS, Faruque LI, Podder G,
Banu SS, Lo MK, Rollin PE, Rota PA, Daszak P, Rahman M, Luby SP. Nipah virus infection
outbreak with nosocomial and corpse-to-human transmission, Bangladesh. Emerg Infect Dis.
2013 Feb; 19(2):210-7.
251. Ashraf S, Huque MH, Kenah E, Agboatwalla M, Luby SP. Effect of recent diarrhoeal episodes on
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risk of pneumonia in children under the age of 5 years in Karachi, Pakistan. Int J Epidemiol. 2013
Feb; 42(1):194-200.
252. Stockman LJ, Brooks WA, Streatfield PK, Rahman M, Goswami D, Nahar K, Rahman MZ, Luby
SP, Anderson LJ. Challenges to evaluating respiratory syncytial virus mortality in Bangladesh,
2004-2008. PLoS One. 2013 Jan 24; 8(1):e53857. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053857.
253. Nahar N, Uddin M, Sarkar RA, Gurley ES, Khan MSU, Hossain MJ, Sultana R, Luby SP.
Exploring pig raising in Bangladesh: implications for public health interventions. Veterinaria
Italia. 2013 Jan-Mar; 49(1):7-17.
254. Gurley ES, Islam MS, Nahar N, Sultana R, Hossain MJ, Homaira N, Parveen S, Naushin T, Alam
M, Khan AK, Chowdhury NM, Southern D, Luby SP. Behaviour change intervention to reduce
caregiver’s exposure to patients’ oral and nasal secretions in Banglaesh. Int J Infect Control.
2013; 9(2).
255. Haque F, Husain MM, Ameen KMH, Rahima R, Hossain MJ, Alamgir ASM, Rahman M, Rahman
M, Luby SP. Bronchiolitis outbreak caused by respiratory syncytial virus in southwest
Bangladesh, 2010. Int J Infect Dis. 2012 Dec; 16(12):e866-71.
256. Gurley ES, Halder AK, Streatfield PK, Sazzad HMS, Huda TM, Hossain MJ, Luby SP. Estimating
the burden of maternal and neonatal deaths associated with jaundice in Bangladesh: possible role
of hepatitis E infection. Am J Public Health. 2012 Dec; 102(12):2248-54. doi:
10.2105/AJPH.2012.300749.
257. Bowen A, Agboatwalla M, Luby S, Tobery T, Ayers T, Hoekstra RM. Association between
intensive handwashing promotion and child development in Karachi, Pakistan: a cluster-
randomized, controlled trial. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012 Nov; 166(11):1037-44.
258. Azziz Baumgartner E, Dao CN, Nasreen S, Bhuiyan MU, Mah-E-Muneer S, Al Mamun A, Sharker
MA, Zaman RU, Cheng PY, Klimov AI, Widdowson MA, Uyeki TM, Luby SP, Mounts A,
Bresee J. Seasonality, timing, and climate drivers of influenza activity worldwide. J Infect Dis.
2012 Sep 15; 206(6):838-46.
259. Sultana R, Nahar N, Rimi NA, Azad S, Islam MS, Gurley ES, Luby SP. Backyard poultry raising
in Bangladesh: a valued resource for the villagers and a setting for zoonotic transmission of avian
influenza. A qualitative study. Rural and Remote Health. 2012 Sep 4; 12:1927.
260. Khan SU, Gurley ES, Hossain MJ, Nahar N, Sharker MAY, Luby SP. A randomized controlled
trial of interventions to impede date palm sap contamination by bats to prevent Nipah virus
transmission in Bangladesh. PLoS One. 2012 Aug 8; 7(8):e42689.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042689
261. Sazzad HMS, Rainey JJ, Mach O, Sutter R, Diordista S, Kawser CA, Mobarak R, Alam D,
Chowdhury MA, Hossain MJ, Hasan ASM, Luby SP. The feasibility of identifying children with
primary immunodeficiency disorders: preparation for the polio post-eradication era in
Bangladesh. Vaccine. 2012 Aug 3; 30(36):5396– 5400.
262. Huda TM, Unicomb L, Johnston RB, Halder AK, Yushuf Sharker MA, Luby SP. Interim
evaluation of a large scale sanitation, hygiene and water improvement programme on childhood
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diarrhea and respiratory disease in rural Bangladesh. Soc Sci Med. 2012 Aug; 75(4):604-11.
263. Luoto J, Mahmud M, Albert J, Luby S, Najnin N, Unicomb L, Levine DI. Learning to dislike safe
water products: results from a randomized controlled trial of the effects of direct and peer
experience on willingness to pay. Environ Sci Technol. 2012 Jun 5; 46(11):6244-51.
264. Zaman K, Yunus M, El Arifeen S, Azim T, Faruque AS, Huq E, Hossain I, Luby SP, Victor JC,
Dallas MJ, Lewis KD, Rivers SB, Steele AD, Neuzil KM, Ciarlet M, Sack DA. Methodology and
lessons-learned from the efficacy clinical trial of the pentavalent rotavirus vaccine in Bangladesh.
Vaccine. 2012 Apr 27; 30 Suppl 1:A94-100.
265. Chakraborty A, Khan SU, Hasnat MA, Parveen S, Islam MS, Mikolon A, Chkaraborty RK, Ahmed
BN, Ara K, Haider N, Zaki SR, Hoffmaster AR, Rahman M, Luby SP, Hossain MJ. Anthrax
outbreaks in Bangladesh, 2009-2010. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 Apr; 86(4):703–710.
266. Homaira N, Luby SP, Alamgir ASM, Islam K, Paul R, Abedin J, Rahman M, Azim T, Podder G,
Sohel BM, Brooks A, Fry AM, Widdowson MA, Bresee J, Rahman M, Azziz-Baumgartner E.
Influenza-associated mortality in 2009 in four sentinel sites of Bangladesh. Bull World Health
Organ. 2012 Apr 1; 90(4):272-8.
267. Nahar N, Uddin M, Gurley ES, Khan MSU, Hossain MJ, Sultana R, Luby SP. Pig illnesses and
epidemics: a qualitative study on perceptions and practices of pig raisers in Bangladesh.
Veterinaria Italiana. 2012 Apr-Jun; 48(2):157-65.
268. Saha SK, Al Emran HM, Hossain B, Darmstadt GL, Saha S, Islam M, Chowdhury AI, Foster D,
Naheed A, El Arifeen S, Baqui AH, Qazi SA, Luby SP, Breiman RF, Santosham M, Black RE,
Crook DW. Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype-2 childhood meningitis in Bangladesh: a newly
recognized pneumococcal infection threat. PLoS One. 2012 Mar 30; 7(3):e32134.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032134.
269. Homaira N, Luby SP, Petri WA, Vainionpaa R, Rahman M, Hossain MK, Snider CB, Rahman M,
Alamgir ASM, Zesmin F, Alam MM, Gurley ES, Zaman RU, Azim T, Erdman DD, Fry AM,
Bresee J, Widdowson MA, Haque R, Azziz-Baumgartner E. Incidence of respiratory virus-
associated pneumonia in urban poor young children of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2009-2011. PLoS
One. 2012 Feb 22; 7(2):e32056.
270. Sultana R, Rimi NA, Azad S, Islam MS, Khan MS, Gurley ES, Nahar N, Luby SP. Bangladeshi
backyard poultry raisers’ perceptions and practices related to zoonotic transmission of avian
influenza. J Infect Dev Ctries, 2012 Feb 13; 6(2):156-65.
271. Lo MK, Lowe L, Hummel KB, Sazzad HMS, Gurley ES, Hossain MJ, Luby SP, Miller DM,
Comer JA, Rollin PE, Bellini WJ, Rota PA. Characterization of Nipah virus from outbreaks in
Bangladesh, 2008-2010. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Feb; 18(2):248-55.
272. Azziz--Baumgartner E, Alamgir ASM, Rahman M, Homaira N, Sohel BM, Sharker MA, Zaman
RU, Dee J, Gurley ES, Al Mamun A, Mah-E-Muneer S, Fry AM, Widdowson MA, Bresee J,
Lindstrom S, Azim T, Brooks A, Podder G, Hossain MJ, Rahman M, Luby SP. Incidence of
influenza-like illness, and severe acute respiratory infection during three influenza seasons in
Bangladesh, 20082010. Bull World Health Organ. 2012 Jan 1; 90(1):12–19.
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273. Azziz-Baumgartner E, Rahman M, Al Mamun, Haider MS, Zaman RU, Karmakar PC, Nasreen S,
Muneer SM, Homaira N, Goswami DR, Ahmed BN, Husain MM, Jamil KM, Khatun S, Ahmed
M, Chakraborty A, Fry A, Widdowson MA, Bresee J, Azim T, Alamgir ASM, Brooks A, Hossain
MJ, Klimov A, Rahman M, Luby SP. Early detection of pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Bangladesh.
Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2012 Jan; 18(1)146-9. doi:10.3201/eid1801.101996.
274. Rahman MA, Hossain MJ, Sultana S, Homaira N, Khan SUI, Rahman M, Gurley ES, Rollin PE, Lo
MK, Comer JA, Lowe L, Rota PA, Ksiazek TG, Kenah E, Sharker MAY, Luby SP. Date palm
sap linked to Nipah virus outbreak in Bangladesh, 2008. Vector-Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2012 Jan;
12(1):65-72.
275. Faruque LI, Zaman RU, Alamgir ASM, Gurley ES, Haque MR, Rahman M, Luby SP. Hospital-
based prevalence of malaria and dengue in febrile patients in Bangladesh. Am J Trop Med Hyg.
2012 Jan; 86(1):58-64.
276. Klontz EH, Faruque ASG, Das SK, Malek MA, Islam Z, Luby SP, Klontz KC. Clinical and
Epidemiologic Features of Diarrheal Disease due to Aeromonas hydrophila and Plesiomonas
shigelloides Infections Compared with Those due to Vibrio cholerae Non-O1 and Vibrio
parahaemolyticus in Bangladesh. ISRN Microbiology. 2012; 2012(2012):654819.
doi:10.5402/2012/654819.
277. Nizame FA, Nasreen S, Unicomb L, Southern D, Gurley ES, Arman S, Kadir MA, Azziz-
Baumgartner E, Luby SP, Winch PJ. Understanding community perceptions, social norms and
current practice related to respiratory infection in Bangladesh during 2009: a qualitative formative
study. BMC Public Health. 2011 Dec 4; 11(1):901.
278. Schmidt WP, Arnold BF, Boisson S, Genser B, Luby SP, Barreto ML, Clasen T, Cairncross S.
Epidemiological methods in diarrhea studies – an update. Int J Epidemiol. 2011 Dec; 40(6):1678-
92.
279. Boyer AE, Quinn CP, Beesley CA, Gallegos-Candela M, Marston CK, Cronin LX, Lins RC,
Stoddard RA, Li H, Schiffer J, Hossain MJ, Chakraborty A, Rahman M, Luby SP, Shieh WJ,
Zaki S, Barr JR, Hoffmaster AR. Lethal factor toxemia and anti-protective antigen antibody
activity in naturally acquired cutaneous anthrax. J Infect Dis. 2011 Nov; 204(9):1321-7.
280. Luby SP, Halder AK, Huda TM, Unicomb L, Johnston RB. Using child health outcomes to identify
effective measures of handwashing. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Nov; 85(5):882–92.
281. Luoto J, Najnin N, Mahmud M, Albert J, Islam MS, Luby S, Unicomb L, Levine DI. What point-
of-use water treatment products do consumers use? Evidence from a randomized controlled trial
among the urban poor in Bangladesh. PLoS One. 2011 Oct 20; 6(10):e26132.
282. Najnin N, Bennett CM, Luby SP. Inequalities in care-seeking for febrile illness of under-five
children in urban Dhaka, Bangladesh. J Health Popul Nutr. 2011 Oct; 29(5):523-31.
283. Islam MS, Luby SP, Rahman M, Parveen S, Homaira N, Begum NH, Dawlat Khan AK, Sultana R,
Akhter S, Gurley ES. Social ecological analysis of an outbreak of pufferfish egg poisoning in a
coastal area of Bangladesh. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Sep; 85(3):498–503.
284. Ozaki M, Islam S, Rahman KM, Rahman A, Luby SP, Bern C. Economic consequences of post-
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kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in a rural Bangladeshi community. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011
Sep; 85(3):528-34.
285. Paul RC, Rahman M, Gurley ES, Hossain MJ, Diorditsa S, Hasan AM, Banu SS, Alamgir A,
Rahman MA, Sandhu H, Fischer M, Luby SP. A novel low-cost approach to estimate the
incidence of Japanese encephalitis in the catchment area of three hospitals in Bangladesh. Am J
Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Aug; 85(2):379–85.
286. Schmidt WP, Genser B, Luby SP, Chalabi Z. Estimating the effect of recurrent infectious diseases
on nutritional status: sampling frequency, sample-size, and bias. J Health Popul Nutr. 2011 Aug;
29(4):317-26.
287. Gurley ES, Parveen S, Islam MS, Hossain MJ, Nahar N, Homaira N, Sultana R, Sejvar JJ, Rahman
M, Luby SP. Family and community concerns about post-mortem needle biopsies in a Muslim
society. BMC Med Ethics. 2011 Jun 13; 12(1):10.
288. Luby SP, Agboatwalla M, Hoekstra RM. The variability of childhood diarrhea in Karachi,
Pakistan, 2000-2006. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Jun; 84(6):870-877.
289. Luby SP, Halder AK, Huda T, Unicomb L, Johnston RB. The effect of handwashing at
recommended times with water alone and with soap on child diarrhea in rural Bangladesh: an
observational study. PLoS Med, 2011 Jun; 8(6):e1001052. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001052.
290. Arvelo W, Blum LS, Nahar N, von Seidlein L, Nahar L, Pack RP, Brooks AW, Pach A, Breiman
RF, Luby SP, Ram PK. Community perceptions of bloody diarrhoea in an urban slum in South
Asia: implications for introduction of a Shigella vaccine. Epidemiol Infect. 2011 Apr; 139(4):599-
605.
291. Ram PK, Jahid I, Halder AK, Nygren B, Islam MS, Granger SP, Molyneaux JW, Luby SP.
Variability in hand contamination based on serial measurements: implications for assessment of
hand-cleansing behavior and disease risk. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Apr; 84(4):510-6.
292. Khatun F, Faruque ASG, Koeck JL, Olliaro P, Millet P, Paris N, Malek MA, Salam MA, Luby S.
Changing species distribution and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Shigella over a 29-year
period (1980-2008). Epidemiol Infect. 2011 Mar; 139(3):446-52.
293. Luby SP, Kadir MA, Yusuf Sharker MA, Yeasmin F, Unicomb L, Sirajul Islam M. A community-
randomised controlled trial promoting waterless hand sanitizer and handwashing with soap,
Dhaka, Bangladesh. Trop Med Int Health. 2010 Dec; 15(12):1508-1516. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-
3156.2010.02648.x.
294. Khan MSU, Hossain MJ, Gurley ES, Nahar N, Sultana R, Luby SP. Use of infrared cameras to
understand bats’ access to date palm sap: implications for preventing Nipah virus transmission.
EcoHealth. 2010 Dec; 7(4):517–25.
295. Homaira N, Rahman M, Hossain MJ, Epstein JH, Sultana R, Khan MSU, Podder G, Nahar K,
Ahmed B, Gurley ES, Daszak P, Lipkin WI, Rollin PE, Comer JA, Ksiazek TG, Luby SP. Nipah
virus outbreak with person-to-person transmission in a district of Bangladesh, 2007. Epidemiol
Infect. 2010 Nov; 138(11):1630-6.
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296. Ram PK, Halder AK, Granger SP, Jones T, Hall P, Hitchcock D, Wright R, Nygren B, Islam MS,
Molyneaux JW, Luby SP. Is structured observation a valid technique to measure handwashing
behavior? Use of acceleration sensors embedded in soap to assess reactivity to structured
observation. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Nov; 83(5):1070-6.
297. Homaira N, Rahman M, Hossain MJ, Nahar N, Khan R, Rahman M, Podder G, Nahar K, Khan D,
Gurley ES, Rollin PE, Comer JA, Ksiazek TG, Luby SP. Cluster of Nipah virus infection,
Kushtia District, Bangladesh, 2007. PLoS One. 2010 Oct 21; 5(10):e13570.
298. Alamgir NI, Naheed A, Luby SP. Coping strategies for financial burdens in families with
childhood pneumonia in Bangladesh. BMC Public Health. 2010 Oct 19; 10:622.
299. Dubois AE, Crump JA, Keswick BH, Slutsker L, Quick RE, Vulule JM, Luby SP. Determinants of
use of household-level water chlorination products in rural Kenya, 2003-2005. Int J Environ Res
Public Health. 2010 Oct; 7(10):3842-52. doi: 10.3390/ijerph7103842.
300. Halder AK, Tronchet C, Akhter S, Bhuiya A, Johnston R, Luby SP. Observed hand cleanliness and
other measures of handwashing behavior in rural Bangladesh. BMC Public Health. 2010 Sep 9;
10:545.
301. Naheed A, Ram PK, Brooks WA, Hossain MA, Talukder KA, Mintz E, Luby S, Breiman RF.
Burden of typhoid and paratyphoid fever in a densely populated urban community, Dhaka,
Bangladesh. Int J Infect Dis. 2010 Sep; 14 Suppl 3:e93-9.
302. Zaman K, Dang DA, Victor JC, Shin S, Yunus M, Dallas MJ, Podder G, Vu DT, Le TP, Luby SP,
Le HT, Coia ML, Lewis K, Rivers SB, Sack DA, Schödel F, Steele AD, Neuzil KM, Ciarlet M.
Efficacy of pentavalent rotavirus vaccine against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis in infants in
developing countries in Asia: a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet.
2010 Aug 21; 376(9741):615-23.
303. Schmidt WP, Genser B, Barreto ML, Clasen T, Luby SP, Cairncross S, Chalabi Z. Sampling
strategies to measure the prevalence of common recurrent infections in longitudinal studies.
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology. 2010 Aug 3; 7(1):5.
304. Homaira N, Rahman M, Luby SP, Rahman M, Haider MS, Faruque LI, Khan D, Parveen S, Gurley
ES. Multiple outbreaks of puffer fish intoxication in Bangladesh, 2008. Am J Trop Med Hyg.
2010 Aug; 83(2):440-4.
305. Luby SP, Halder AK, Saha SK, Naheed A, Sazzad HMS, Akhter S, Gurley ES, Brooks WA, El-
Arifeen S, Najnin N, Nazneen A, Breiman RF. A low-cost approach to measure the burden of
vaccine preventable diseases in urban areas. Vaccine. 2010 Jul 12; 28(31):4903-12.
306. Epstein JH, Quan PL, Briese T, Street C, Jabado O, Conlan S, Ali Khan S, Verdugo D, Hossain MJ,
Hutchison SK, Egholm M, Luby SP, Daszak P, Lipkin WI. Identification of GBV-D, a novel
GB-like flavivirus from old world frugivorous bats (Pteropus giganteus) in Bangladesh. PLoS
Pathogens. 2010 Jul 1; 6:e1000972.
307. Nasreen S, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Gurley ES, Winch PJ, Unicomb L, Sharker MA, Southern D,
Luby SP. Prevalent high-risk respiratory hygiene practices in urban and rural Bangladesh. Trop
Med Int Health. 2010 Jun; 15(6):762-71.
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308. Kendall EA, LaRocque RC, Bui DM, Galloway R, Ari MD, Goswami D, Breiman RF, Luby S,
Brooks WA. Leptospirosis as a cause of fever in urban Bangladesh. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010
Jun; 82(6):1127–30.
309. Nahar N, Sultana R, Gurley ES, Hossain MJ, Luby SP. Date palm sap collection: exploring
opportunities to prevent Nipah transmission. EcoHealth. 2010 Jun; 7(2):196-203.
310. Banu S, Hossain A, Uddin MK, Uddin MR, Ahmed T, Khatun R, Mahmud AM, Hyder KA, Luftor
AB, Karim MS, Zaman K, Khan MA, Barua PC, Luby SP. Pulmonary tuberculosis and drug
resistance in Dhaka central jail, the largest prison in Bangladesh. PLoS One. 2010 May 21;
5(5):e10759. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010759.
311. Huq A, Yunus M, Sohel SS, Bhuiya A, Emch M, Luby SP, Russek-Cohen E, Nair GB, Sack RB,
Colwell RR. Simple sari cloth filtration of water is sustainable and continues to protect villagers
from cholera in Matlab, Bangladesh. MBio. 2010 May 18; 1(1). pii: e00034-10. doi: 10.1128/
mBio.00034-10.
312. Gurley ES, Zaman RU, Sultana R, Bell M, Fry AM, Srinivasan A, Rahman M, Rahman MW,
Hossain MJ, Luby SP. Rates of hospital-acquired respiratory illness in Bangladeshi tertiary care
hospitals: results from a low-cost pilot surveillance strategy. Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Apr 15;
50(8):1084-90.
313. Gurley ES, Rahman M, Hossain MJ, Nahar N, Faiz MA, Islam N, Sultana R, Khatun S, Uddin MZ,
Haider MS, Islam MS, Ahmed BN, Rahman MW, Mondal UK, Luby SP. Fatal outbreak from
consuming Xanthium strumarium seedlings during time of food scarcity in northeastern
Bangladesh. PLoS One. 2010 Mar 18; 5(3): e9756. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009756.
314. Brooks WA, Goswami D, Rahman M, Nahar K, Fry AM, Balish A, Iftekharuddin N, Azim T, Xu
X, Klimov A, Bresee J, Bridges C, Luby S. Influenza is a major contributor to childhood
pneumonia in a tropical developing country. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2010 Mar; 29(3):216-21.
315. Islam Z, Jacobs BC, van Belkum A, Mohammad QD, Islam MB, Herbrink P, Diorditsa S, Luby
SP, Talukder KA, Endtz HP. Axonal variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with
Campylobacter infection in Bangladesh. Neurology. 2010 Feb 16; 74(7):581-7.
316. Zafar SN, Luby SP, Mendoza C. Recall errors in a weekly survey of diarrhoea in Guatemala:
determining the optimal length of recall. Epidemiol Infect. 2010 Feb; 138(2):264-9.
317. Hossain MJ, Gurley ES, Montgomery S, Petersen L, Sejvar J, Fischer M, Panella A, Powers AM,
Nahar N, Uddin AK, Rahman ME, Ekram AR, Luby SP, Breiman RF. Hospital-based
surveillance for Japanese encephalitis at four sites in Bangladesh, 2003-2005. Am J Trop Med
Hyg. 2010 Feb; 82(2):344-9.
318. Rahman KM, Islam S, Rahman MW, Kenah E, Ghalib CM, Zahid MM, Maguire J, Rahman M,
Haque R, Luby SP, Bern C. Increasing incidence of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in a
population-based study in Bangladesh. Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Jan 1; 50(1):73-6.
319. Zaman RU, Alamgir ASM, Rahman M, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Gurley ES, Sharker MAY, Brooks
WA, Azim T, Fry AM, Lindstrom S, Gubareva LV, Xu X, Garten RJ, Hossain MJ, Khan MSU,
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Faruque LI, Ameer SS, Klimov AI, Rahman M, Luby SP. Influenza in outpatient ILI case-
patients in national hospital-based surveillance, Bangladesh, 2007-2008. PLoS One. 2009 Dec 29;
4(12):e8452. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008452.
320. Halder AK, Gurley ES, Naheed A, Saha SK, Brooks WA, El Arifeen S, Sazzad HMS, Kenah E,
Luby SP. Causes of early childhood deaths in urban Dhaka, Bangladesh. PLoS One. 2009 Dec 3;
4(12):e8145.
321. Zaman K, Yunus M, Faruque AS, El Arifeen S, Hossain I, Azim T, Rahman M, Podder G, Roy E,
Luby S, Sack DA. Surveillance of rotavirus in a rural diarrhoea treatment centre in Bangladesh,
2000-2006. Vaccine. 2009 Nov 20; 27 Suppl 5:F31-4.
322. Islam MS, Sharker MAY, Rheman S, Hossain S, Mahmud ZH, Islam MS, Uddin AMK, Yunus M,
Osman MS, Ernst R, Rector I, Larson CP, Luby SP, Endtz HP, Cravioto A. Effects of local
climate variability on transmission dynamics of cholera in Matlab, Bangladesh. Trans R Soc Trop
Med Hyg. 2009 Nov; 103(11):1165-70.
323. Zaman K, Breiman RF, Yunus M, Arifeen SE, Mahmud A, Chowdhury HR, Luby SP.
Intussusception surveillance in a rural demographic surveillance area in Bangladesh. J Infect Dis.
2009 Nov 1; 200 Suppl 1:S271-6.
324. Luby SP, Halder AK, Tronchet C, Akhter S, Bhuiya A, Johnston RB. Household characteristics
associated with handwashing with soap in rural Bangladesh. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2009 Nov;
81(5):882-7.
325. Gurley ES, Hossain MJ, Montgomery SP, Petersen LR, Sejvar JJ, Mayer LW, Whitney A, Dull P,
Nahar N, Uddin AK, Rahman ME, Ekram AR, Luby SP, Breiman RF. Etiologies of bacterial
meningitis in Bangladesh: results from a hospital-based study. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2009 Sep;
81(3):475-83.
326. Luby SP, Hossain MJ, Gurley ES, Ahmed BN, Banu S, Kahn SU, Homaira N, Rota PA, Rollin PE,
Comer JA, Kenah E, Ksiazek TG, Rahman M. Recurrent zoonotic transmission of Nipah virus
into humans, Bangladesh, 2001-2007. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Aug; 15(8): 1229-35.
327. Brooks WA, Alamgir AS, Sultana R, Islam MS, Rahman M, Fry AM, Shu B, Lindstrom S, Nahar
K, Goswami D, Haider MS, Nahar S, Butler E, Hancock K, Donis RO, Davis CT, Zaman RU,
Luby SP, Uyeki TM, Rahman M. Avian influenza virus A (H5N1), detected through routine
surveillance, in child, Bangladesh. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Aug; 15(8): 1311-3.
328. Luby SP, Agboatwalla M, Bowen A, Kenah E, Sharker Y, Hoekstra RM. Difficulties in
maintaining improved handwashing behavior, Karachi, Pakistan. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2009 Jul;
81(1):140-5.
329. Raqib R, Mondal D, Karim MA, Chowdhury F, Ahmed S, Luby S, Cravioto A, Andersson J, Sack
D. Detection of antibodies secreted from circulating Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific plasma
cells in the diagnosis of pediatric tuberculosis. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2009 Apr; 16(4):521-7.
330. Arifeen SE, Saha SK, Rahman S, Rahman KM, Rahman SM, Bari S, Naheed A, Mannan I, Seraji
MHR, Ahmed NU, Hassan MS, Huda N, Siddik AU, Quasem I, Islam M, Fatima K, Al-Emran H,
Brooks WA, Baqui AH, Breiman RF, Sack D, Luby SP. Invasive pneumococcal disease among
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children in rural Bangladesh: results from a population-based surveillance. Clin Infect Dis. 2009
Mar 1; 48 Suppl 2:S103-13.
331. Saha SK, Naheed A, El Arifeen S, Islam M, Al-Emran H, Amin R, Fatima K, Brooks WA, Breiman
RF, Sack DA, Luby SP; Pneumococcal Study Group. Surveillance for invasive Streptococcus
pneumoniae disease among hospitalized children in Bangladesh: antimicrobial susceptibility and
serotype distribution. Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Mar 1; 48 Suppl 2:S75–81.
332. Naheed A, Saha SK, Breiman RF, Khatun F, Brooks WA, El Arifeen S, Sack D, Luby SP;
Pneumococcal Study Group. Multihospital surveillance of pneumonia burden among children
aged < 5 years hospitalized for pneumonia in Bangladesh. Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Mar 1;
48 Suppl 2:S82-9.
333. Zaman K, Sack DA, Yunus M, Arifeen SE, Podder G, Azim T, Luby S, Breiman RF, Neuzil K,
Datta SK, Delem A, Suryakiran PV, Bock HL; Bangladeshi Rotavirus Vaccine Study Group.
Successful co-administration of a human rotavirus and oral poliovirus vaccines in Bangladeshi
infants in a 2-dose schedule at 12 and 16 weeks of age. Vaccine. 2009 Feb 25; 27(9):1333-9.
334. Norton DM, Rahman M, Shane AL, Hossain Z, Kulick RM, Bhuiyan MI, Wahed MA, Yunus M,
Islam MS, Breiman RF, Henderson A, Keswick BH, Luby SP. Flocculant-disinfectant point-of-
use water treatment for reducing arsenic exposure in rural Bangladesh. Int J Environ Health Res.
2009 Feb; 19(1):17-29.
335. Saha SK, Darmstadt GL, Baqui AH, Hossain B, Islam M, Foster D, Al-Emran H, Naheed A,
Arifeen SE, Luby SP, Santosham M, Crook D. Identification of serotype in culture negative
pneumococcal meningitis using sequential multiplex PCR: implication for surveillance and
vaccine design. PLoS One. 2008 Oct 31; 3(10):e3576.
336. Luby SP, Gupta SK, Sheikh MA, Johnston RB, Islam MS. Tubewell water quality and predictors
of contamination in three flood-prone areas in Bangladesh. J Appl Microbiol. 2008 Oct;
105(4):1002-8.
337. Naheed A, Ram PK, Brooks WA, Mintz ED, Hossain MA, Parsons MM, Luby SP, Breiman RF.
Clinical value of Tubex and Typhidot rapid diagnostic tests for typhoid fever in an urban
community clinic in Bangladesh. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2008 Aug; 61(4):381-6.
338. Luby SP, Halder AK. Associations among handwashing indicators, wealth, and symptoms of
childhood respiratory illness in urban Bangladesh. Trop Med Int Health. 2008 Jun; 13(6):835-44.
339. Gupta SK, Islam MS, Johnston R, Ram PK, Luby SP. The chulli water purifier: acceptability and
effectiveness of an innovative strategy for household water treatment in Bangladesh. Am J Trop
Med Hyg. 2008 June; 78(6):979-84.
340. Hossain MJ, Gurley ES, Montgomery JM, Bell M, Carroll DS, Hsu VP, Formenty P, Croisier A,
Bertherat E, Faiz MA, Azad AK, Islam R, Molla MA, Ksiazek TG, Rota PA, Comer JA, Rollin
PE, Luby SP, Breiman RF. Clinical presentation of Nipah virus infection in Bangladesh. Clin
Infec Dis. 2008 Apr 1; 46(7):977-84.
341. Luby SP, Mendoza C, Keswick BH, Chiller TM, Hoekstra RM. Difficulties in bringing point-of-
use water treatment to scale in rural Guatemala. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2008 Mar; 78(3):382-7.
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342. Gupta SK, Sheikh MA, Islam MS, Rahman KS, Jahan N, Rahman MM, Hoekstra RM, Johnston R,
Ram PK, Luby S. Usefulness of the hydrogen sulfide test for assessment of water quality in
Bangladesh. J Appl Microbiol. 2008 Feb; 104(2):388-395.
343. Brooks WA, Breiman RF, Goswami D, Hossain A, Alam K, Saha SK, Nahar K, Nasrin D, Ahmed
N, El Arifeen S, Naheed A, Sack DA, Luby S. Invasive pneumococcal disease burden and
implications for vaccine policy in urban Bangladesh. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Nov; 77(5): 795–
801.
344. Tanaka G, Faruque ASG, Luby SP, Malek MA, Glass RI, Parashar UD. Deaths from rotavirus
disease in Bangladeshi children: estimates from hospital-based surveillance. Pediatr Infect Dis J.
2007 Nov; 26(11):1014-8.
345. Brooks WA, Terebuh P, Bridges C, Klimov A, Goswami D, Sharmeen AT, Azim T, Erdman D,
Hall H, Luby S, Breiman RF. Influenza A and B infection in children in urban slum, Bangladesh.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Oct; 13(10):1507-8.
346. Brooks WA, Erdman D, Terebuh P, Klimov A, Goswami D, Sharmeen AT, Azim T, Luby S,
Bridges C, Breiman RF. Human metapneumovirus infection among children, Bangladesh. Emerg
Infect Dis. 2007 Oct; 13(10):1611-3.
347. Schmidt WP, Luby SP, Genser B, Barreto ML, Clasen T. Estimating the longitudinal prevalence of
diarrhea and other episodic diseases: continuous versus intermittent surveillance. Epidemiology.
2007 Sep; 18(5):537-43.
348. Sejvar JJ, Hossain MJ, Saha SK, Gurley ES, Banu S, Hamadani JD, Faiz MA, Siddiqui FM,
Mohammad QD, Mollah AH, Uddin R, Alam R, Rahman R, Tan CT, Bellini W, Rota P, Breiman
RF, Luby SP. Long-term neurological and functional outcome in Nipah virus infection. Ann
Neurol. 2007 Sep; 62(3):235-42.
349. Jennings GJ, Hajjeh RA, Girgis FY, Fadeel MA, Maksoud MA, Wasfy MO, El-Sayed N, Srikantiah
P, Luby SP, Earhart K, Mahoney FJ. Brucellosis as a cause of acute febrile illness in Egypt.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Jul; 101(7):707-13.
350. Sirajul Islam M, Brooks A, Kabir MS, Jahid IK, Shafiqul Islam M, Goswami D, Nair GB, Larson
C, Yukiko W, Luby S. Faecal contamination of drinking water sources of Dhaka city during the
2004 flood in Bangladesh and use of disinfectants for water treatment. J Appl Microbiol.
2007 Jul; 103(1):80-7.
351. Srikantiah P, Vafokulov S, Luby SP, Ishmail T, Earhart K, Khodjaev N, Jennings G, Crump JA,
Mahoney FJ. Epidemiology and risk factors for endemic typhoid fever in Uzbekistan. Trop Med
Int Health. 2007 Jul; 12(7):838-47.
352. Crump JA, Mendoza CE, Priest JW, Glass RI, Monroe SS, Dauphin LA, Bibb WF, Lopez MB,
Alvarez M, Mintz ED, Luby SP. Comparing serologic response against enteric pathogens with
reported diarrhea to assess the impact of improved household drinking water quality. Am J Trop
Med Hyg. 2007 Jul; 77(1):136-41.
353. Gurley ES, Montgomery JM, Hossain MJ, Bell M, Azad AK, Islam MR, Molla MAR, Carroll DS,
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Ksiazek TG, Rota PA, Lowe L, Comer JA, Rollin P, Czub M, Grolla A, Feldmann H, Luby SP,
Woodward JL, Breiman RF. Person-to-person transmission of Nipah virus in a Bangladeshi
community. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Jul; 13(7):1031-7.
354. Luby SP, Agboatwalla M, Billhimer W, Hoekstra RM. Field trial of a low cost method to evaluate
hand cleanliness. Trop Med Int Health. 2007 Jun; 12(6):765-71.
355. Bowen A, Ma H, Ou J, Billhimer W, Long T, Mintz E, Hoekstra RM, Luby S. A cluster-
randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of a handwashing-promotion program in Chinese
primary schools. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Jun; 76(6):1166-73.
356. Faruque AS, Alam K, Malek MA, Khan MG, Ahmed S, Saha D, Khan WA, Nair GB, Salam MA,
Luby SP, Sack DA. Emergence of multidrug-resistant strain of Vibrio cholerae O1 in Bangladesh
and reversal of their susceptibility to tetracycline after two years. J Health Popul Nutr. 2007 Jun;
25(2):241-3.
357. Ram PK, Naheed A, Brooks WA, Hossain MA, Mintz ED, Breiman RF, Luby SP. Risk factors for
typhoid fever in a slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Epidemiol Infect. 2007 Apr; 135(3):458-65.
358. Luby SP, Rahman M, Hossain MJ, Blum LS, Husain NM, Gurley E, Khan R, Ahmed BN, Rahman
S, Nahar N, Kenah E, Comer JA, Ksiazek TG. Foodborne transmission of Nipah virus,
Bangladesh. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Dec; 12(12):1888-94.
359. El-Mohamady H, Abdel-Messih IA, Youssef FG, Said M, Farag H, Shaheen HI, Rockabrand DM,
Luby S, Hajjeh R, Sanders JW, Monteville MR, Klena JD, Frenck RW. Enteric pathogens
associated with diarrhea in children in Fayoum, Egypt. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2006 Sep;
56(1):1-5.
360. Parviz S, Fatmi Z, Altaf A, McCormick JB, Fischer-Hoch S, Rahbar M, Luby S. Background
demographics and risk behaviors of injecting drug users in Karachi, Pakistan. Int J Infect Dis.
2006 Sep; 10(5):364-71.
361. Khan AJ, Gebreselassie H, Asturias EJ, Agboatwalla M, Teklehaimanot R, Luby SP, Beyene B,
Chezzi C, Asghar H, Moatter T, Torres O, Kew O, Winkelstein, Halsey NA. No evidence for
prolonged excretion of polioviruses in persons with residual paralytic poliomyelitis in Ethiopia,
Pakistan and Guatemala. Biologicals. 2006 Jun; 34(2):113-6.
362. Schwartz BS, Harris JB, Khan AI, LaRocque RC, Sack DA, Malek MA, Faruque ASG, Qadri F,
Calderwood SB, Luby SP, Ryan ET. Diarrheal epidemics in Dhaka, Bangladesh, during three
consecutive floods: 1988, 1998, and 2004. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2006 Jun; 74(6):1067-73.
363. Rizvi N, Luby S, Azam SI, Rabbani F. Distribution and circumstances of injuries in squatter
settlements of Karachi, Pakistan. Accid Anal Prev. 2006 May; 38(3):526-31.
364. Quddus A, Luby SP, Jamal Z, Jafar T. Prevalence of hepatitis B among Afghan refugees living in
Balochistan, Pakistan. Int J Infect Dis. 2006 May; 10(3):242-7.
365. Luby SP, Islam MS, Johnston R. Chlorine spot treatment of flooded tube wells, an efficacy trial.
Journal of Applied Microbiology. 2006 May; 100(5):1154-8.
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366. Luby SP, Agboatwalla M, Painter J, Altaf A, Billhimer W, Keswick B, Hoekstra RM. Combining
drinking water treatment and hand washing for diarrhoea prevention, a cluster randomised
controlled trial. Trop Med Int Health. 2006 April; 11(4):479-89.
367. Srikantiah P, Girgis FY, Luby SP, Jennings G, Wasfy MO, Crump JA, Hoekstra RM, Anwer M,
Mahoney FJ. Population-based surveillance of typhoid fever in Egypt. Am J Trop Med Hyg.
2006 Jan; 74(1):114-9.
368. Chiller TM, Mendoza CE, Lopez MB, Alvarez M, Hoekstra RM, Keswick BH, Luby SP. Reducing
diarrhoea in Guatemalan children: randomized controlled trial of flocculant-disinfectant for
drinking-water. Bull World Health Organ. 2006 Jan; 84(1):28-35.
369. Crump JA, Otieno PO, Slutsker L, Keswick BH, Rosen DH, Hoekstra RM, Vulule JM, Luby SP.
Household based treatment of drinking water with flocculant-disinfectant for preventing
diarrhoea in areas with turbid source water in rural western Kenya: cluster randomised controlled
trial. BMJ. 2005 Sep 3; 331(7515):478-83.
370. Macy JT, Dunne EF, Angoran-Benie YH, Kamelan-Tano Y, Kouadio L, Djai KA, Luby SP.
Comparison of two methods for evaluating the quality of stored drinking water in Abidjan, Côte
d'Ivoire, and review of other comparisons in the literature. J Water Health. 2005 Sep; 3(3):221-8.
371. Luby SP, Agboatwalla M, Feikin DR, Painter J, Billhimer W, Altaf A, Hoekstra RM. Effect of
handwashing on child health: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2005 Jul 16-22;
366(9481):225-33.
372. Jones JL, Lopez B, Alvarez Mury M, Wilson M, Klein R, Luby S, Maguire JH. Toxoplasma gondii
infection in rural Guatemalan children. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2005 Mar; 72(3):295-300.
373. Brooks WA, Hossain A, Goswami D, Nahar K, Alam K, Ahmed N, Naheed A, Nair GB, Luby S,
Breiman RF. Bacteremic typhoid fever in children in an urban slum, Bangladesh. Emerg Infect
Dis. 2005 Feb; 11(2):326-9.
374. Luby S, Hoodbhoy F, Jan A, Shah A, Hutin Y. Long-term improvement in unsafe injection
practices following community intervention. Int J Infect Dis. 2005 Jan; 9(1):52-9.
375. Rizvi N, Luby S. Vaginal discharge: perceptions and health seeking behavior among Nepalese
women. J Pak Med Assoc. 2004 Dec; 54(12):620-4.
376. Parviz S, Chotani R, McCormick J, Fisher-Hoch S, Luby S. Rabies deaths in Pakistan: results of
ineffective post-exposure treatment. Int J Infect Dis. 2004 Nov; 8(6):346-52.
377. Luby SP, Agboatwalla M, Hoekstra RM, Rahbar MH, Billhimer W, Keswick BH. Delayed
effectiveness of home-based interventions in reducing childhood diarrhea, Karachi, Pakistan.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2004 Oct; 71(4):420-7.
378. Luby SP, Agboatwalla M, Painter J, Altaf A, Billhimer WL, Hoekstra RM. Effect of intensive
handwashing promotion on childhood diarrhea in high-risk communities in Pakistan: a
randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2004 Jun 2; 291(21):2547-54.
379. Crump JA, Okoth GO, Slutsker L, Ogaja DO, Keswick BH, Luby SP. Effect of point-of-use
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disinfection, flocculation and combined flocculation-disinfection on drinking water quality in
western Kenya. J Appl Microbiol. 2004 May 17; 97(1):225-31.
380. Crump JA, Luby SP, Mintz ED. The global burden of typhoid fever. Bull World Health Organ.
2004 May; 82(5):346-53.
381. Razzak JA, Luby SP, Laflamme L, Chotani H. Injuries among children in Karachi, Pakistan —
what, where and how. Public Health. 2004 Mar; 118(2):114-20.
382. Logez S, Soyolgerel G, Fields R, Luby S, Hutin Y. Rapid assessment of injection practices in
Mongolia. Am J Infect Control. 2004 Feb; 32(1):31-7.
383. Steinberg EB, Mendoza CE, Glass R, Arana B, Lopez MB, Mejia M, Gold BD, Priest JW, Bibb W,
Monroe SS, Bern C, Bell BP, Hoekstra RM, Klein R, Mintz ED, Luby S. Prevalence of infection
with waterborne pathogens: a seroepidemiologic study in children 6-36 months old in San Juan
Sacatepéquez, Guatemala. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2004 Jan; 70(1):83-8.
384. Hozhabri S, White F, Rahbar MH, Agboatwalla M, Luby S. Elevated blood lead levels among
children living in a fishing community, Karachi, Pakistan. Arch Environ Health. 2004 Jan;
59(1):37-41.
385. Reller ME, Mendoza CE, Lopez MB, Alvarez M, Hoeskstra RM, Olson CA, Baier KG, Keswick
BH, Luby SP. A randomized controlled trial of household-based flocculant-disinfectant drinking
water treatment for diarrhea prevention in rural Guatemala. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003 Oct;
69(4):411-9.
386. Crump JA, Youssef FG, Luby SP, Wasfy MO, Rangel JM, Talaat M, Oun SA, Mahoney FJ.
Estimating the incidence of typhoid fever and other febrile illnesses in developing countries.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 May; 9(5):539-44.
387. Parent du Châtelet I, Merchant AT, Fisher-Hoch S, Luby SP, Plotkin SA, Moatter T, Agboatwalla
M, McCormick JB. Serological response and poliovirus excretion following different combined
oral and inactivated poliovirus vaccines immunization schedules. Vaccine. 2003 Apr 2;
21(15):1710-8.
388. Usman HR, Akhtar S, Rahbar MH, Hamid S, Moatter T, Luby SP. Injections in health care
settings: a risk factor for acute hepatitis B virus infection in Karachi, Pakistan. Epidemiol Infect.
2003 Apr; 130(2):293-300.
389. Rangel JM, Lopez B, Mejia MA, Mendoza C, Luby S. A novel technology to improve drinking
water quality: a microbiologic evaluation of in-home flocculation and chlorination in rural
Guatemala. J Water Health. 2003 Mar; 1(1):15-22.
390. Hutin Y, Luby S, Paquet C. A large cholera outbreak in Kano City, Nigeria: the importance of hand
washing with soap and the danger of street-vended water. J Water Health. 2003 March;
1(1):45-52.
391. Abdul Mujeeb S, Adil MM, Altaf A, Shah SA, Luby S. Infection control practices in clinical
laboratories in Pakistan. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003 Feb; 24(2):141-2.
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392. Abdul Mujeeb S, Adil MM, Altaf A, Hutin Y, Luby S. Recycling of injection equipment in
Pakistan. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003 Feb; 24(2):145-6.
393. Olsen SJ, Bleasdale SC, Magnano AR, Landrigan C, Holland BH, Tauxe RV, Mintz ED, Luby S.
Outbreaks of typhoid fever in the United States, 1960-99. Epidemiol Infect. 2003 Feb;
130(1):13-21.
394. Shah SM, Selwyn BJ, Luby S, Merchant A, Bano R. Prevalence and correlates of stunting among
children in rural Pakistan. Pediatr Int. 2003 Feb; 45(1):49-53.
395. Paul R, White F, Luby S. Trends in lead content of petrol in Pakistan [letter]. Bull World Health
Organ. 2003 Jan; 81(6):468.
396. Akhtar S, Luby SP. Risk behaviours associated with urethritis and genital ulcer disease in prison
inmates, Sindh, Pakistan. East Mediterr Health J. 2002 Nov; 8(6):776-86.
397. Shah SM, Merchant AT, Luby SP. Addicted schoolchildren: prevalence and characteristics of areca
nut chewers among primary school children in Karachi, Pakistan. J Paediatr Child Health.
2002 Oct; 38(5):507-10.
398. Luby S, Agboatwalla M, Schnell BM, Hoekstra RM, Rahbar MH, Keswick BH. The effect of
antibacterial soap on impetigo incidence, Karachi, Pakistan. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2002 Oct;
67(4):430-5.
399. Hozhabri S, Luby SP, Rahbar MH, Akhtar S. Clinical diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum among
children with history of fever, Sindh, Pakistan. Int J Infect Dis. 2002 Sep; 6(3):233-5.
400. Luby S, Khan AJ, Altaf A, Hutin Y. Regarding “Seroprevalence of the antibody to hepatitis C in
select groups in the Punjab region of Pakistan”. [letter]. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2002 Aug;
35(2):202-3.
401. Mian A, Mahmood SF, Chotani H, Luby S. Vulnerability to homicide in Karachi: political activity
as a risk factor. Int J Epidemiol. 2002 Jun; 31(3):581-5.
402. Quddus A, Luby S, Rahbar, Pervaiz Y. Neonatal tetanus: mortality rate and risk factors in Loralai
District, Pakistan. Int J Epidemiol. 2002 Jun; 31(3):648-653.
403. Luby S, Zaidi N, Rehman S, Northrup R. Improving private practitioner sick-child case
management in two urban communities in Pakistan. Trop Med Int Health. 2002 Mar; 7(3):210-9.
404. Chotani HA, Razzak JA, Luby SP. Patterns of violence in Karachi, Pakistan. Inj Prev. 2002 Mar;
8(1):57-9.
405. Rahbar MH, White F, Agboatwalla M, Hozhabri S, Luby S. Factors associated with elevated blood
lead concentrations in children in Karachi, Pakistan. Bull World Health Organ. 2002;
80(10):769-75.
406. Dunne EF, Angoran-Benie H, Kamelan-Tano A, Sibailly TS, Monga BB, Kouadio L, Roels TH,
Wiktor SZ, Lackritz EM, Mintz ED, Luby S. Is drinking water in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, safe for
infant formula? J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2001 Dec 1; 28(4):393-8.
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407. Brooks JT, Rowe SY, Shillam P, Heltzel DM, Hunter SB, Slutsker L, Hoekstra, RM, Luby SP.
Salmonella Typhimurium infections transmitted by chlorine-pretreated clover sprout seeds. Am J
Epidemiol. 2001 Dec 1; 154(11):1020-8.
408. Olsen SJ, Kafoa B, Win NS, Jose M, Bibb W, Luby S, Waidubu G, O'Leary M, Mintz E.
Restaurant-associated outbreak of Salmonella typhi in Nauru: an epidemiological and cost
analysis. Epidemiol Infect. 2001 Dec; 127(3):405-12.
409. Luby SP, Agboatwalla M, Raza A, Sobel J, Mintz ED, Baier K, Hoekstra RM, Rahbar MH, Hassan
R, Qureshi SM, Gangarosa EJ. Microbiologic effectiveness of hand washing with soap in an
urban squatter settlement, Karachi, Pakistan. Epidemiol Infect. 2001 Oct; 127(2):237-44.
410. Bari A, Akhtar S, Rahbar MH, Luby SP. Risk factors for hepatitis C virus infection in male adults
in Rawalpindi-Islamabad, Pakistan. Trop Med Int Health. 2001 Sep; 6(9):732-738.
411. Akhtar S, Luby SP, Rahbar MH, Azam I. HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes and beliefs based
prediction models for practices in prison inmates, Sindh, Pakistan. Southeast Asian J Trop Med
Public Health. 2001 Jun; 32(2):351-61.
412. Shah MA, Luby S, Rahbar M, Khan AW, McCormick JB. Hypertension and its determinants
among adults in high mountain villages of the Northern Areas of Pakistan. J Hum Hypertens.
2001 Feb; 15(2):107-12.
413. White F, Rahbar MH, Agboatwalla M, Luby S, Iqbal A, Hozhabri S. Elevated blood lead levels in
Karachi children. [letter]. Bull World Health Organ. 2001 Feb; 79(2):173.
414. Raglow G, Luby SP, Nabi N. Therapeutic injections in Pakistan: from the patients’ perspective.
Trop Med Int Health. 2001 Jan; 6(1):69-75.
415. Luby SP, Niaz Q, Siddiqui S, Mujeeb SA, Fisher-Hoch S. Patients’ perceptions of blood
transfusion risks in Karachi, Pakistan. Int J Infect Dis. 2001; 5(1):24-26.
416. Mohammed NB, NoorAli R, Anandakumar C, Qureshi RN, Luby S. Management trend and safety
of vaginal delivery for term breech fetuses in a tertiary care hospital of Karachi, Pakistan. J
Perinat Med. 2001; 29(3):250-9.
417. Luby S, Agboatwalla M, Raza A, Sobel J, Mintz E, Baier K, Rahbar M, Qureshi S, Hassan R,
Ghouri F, Hoekstra RM, Gangarosa E. A low-cost intervention for cleaner drinking water in
Karachi, Pakistan. Int J Infect Dis. 2001; 5(3):144-150.
418. Hozhabri S, Akhtar S, Rahbar MH, Luby SP. Prevalence of plasmodium slide positivity among the
children treated for malaria, Jhangara, Sindh. J Pak Med Assoc. 2000 Dec; 50(12):401-5.
419. Kadir MM, Khan A, Sadruddin S, Luby SP. Out-of-pocket expenses borne by the users of obstetric
services at government hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2000 Dec; 50(12):412-5.
420. Khandwalla HE, Luby S, Rahman S. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding sexually
transmitted infections among general practitioners and medical specialists in Karachi, Pakistan.
Sex Transm Infect. 2000 Oct; 76(5):383-385.
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421. Khoja S, Luby S, Ahmed Z, Akber A. Effectiveness of health education in promoting the use of
iodized salt in Lotkoh, tehsil Chitral, Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2000 Sep; 50(9):296-300.
422. Marsh DR, Kadir MM, Husein K, Luby SP, Siddiqui R, Khalid SB. Adult mortality in slums of
Karachi, Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2000 Sep; 50(9):300-6.
423. Luby S, Khanani R, Zia M, Vellani Z, Ali M, Qureshi AH, Khan AJ, Abdul Mujeeb S, Shah SA,
Fisher-Hoch S. Evaluation of blood bank practices in Karachi, Pakistan and the government’s
response. Health Policy and Planning. 2000 Jun; 15(2):217-222.
424. Akhtar S, Luby SP, Rahbar MH. Multivariate analysis of risk factors associated with genital ulcer
disease among incarcerated males in Sindh. J Pak Med Assoc. 2000 Apr; 50(4):115-20.
425. Khan AJ, Luby SP, Fikree F, Karim A, Obaid S, Dellawala S, Mirza S, Malik T, Fisher-Hoch S,
McCormick JB. Unsafe injections and the transmission of hepatitis B and C in a periurban
community in Pakistan. Bull World Health Organ. 2000 Feb; 78(8):956-963.
426. Luby SP, Syed AH, Atiullah N, Faizan K, Fisher-Hoch S. Limited effectiveness of home drinking
water purification efforts in Karachi, Pakistan. Int J Infect Dis. 2000 Jan; 4(1):3-7.
427. Ahmed M, Shah MA, Luby S, Drago-Johnson P, Wali S. Survey of surgical emergencies in a rural
population in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. Trop Med Int Health. 1999 Dec; 4(12):846-57.
428. Pasha O, Luby SP, Khan AJ, Shah SA, McCormick J, Fisher-Hoch S. Household members of
hepatitis C virus-infected people in Hafizabad, Pakistan: infection by injections from health care
providers. Epidemiol Infect. 1999 Dec; 123(2): 515-518.
429. Akhtar S, Luby SP, Rahbar MH. Risk behaviours associated with urethritis in prison inmates,
Sindh. J Pak Med Assoc. 1999 Nov; 49(11):268-273.
430. Mirza S, Mirza M, Chotani H, Luby S. Risky behavior of bus commuters and bus drivers in
Karachi, Pakistan. Accid Anal Prev. 1999 Jul, 31(4):329-333.
431. Khan FM, Jawaid M, Chotani H, Luby S. Pedestrian environment and behavior in Karachi,
Pakistan. Accid Anal Prev. 1999 Jul; 31(4):335-339.
432. NoorAli R, Luby S, Rahbar MH. Does use of a government service depend on distance from the
health facility? Health Policy and Planning. 1999 Jun; 14(2):191-7.
433. Altaf A, Luby S, Ahmed AJ, Zaidi NA, Khan AJ, Mirza S, McCormick J, Fisher-Hoch S. Outbreak
of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Quetta, Pakistan: contact tracing and risk assessment.
Trop Med Int Health. 1998 Nov; 3(11):878-82.
434. Parviz S, Luby S, Wilde H. Postexposure treatment of rabies in Pakistan. Clin Infect Dis.
1998 Oct; 27(4):751-6.
435. Razzak JA, Luby SP. Estimating deaths and injuries due to road traffic accidents in Karachi,
Pakistan, through the capture-recapture method. Int J Epidemiol. 1998 Oct; 27(5):866-870.
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436. Siddiqui AR, Luby SP. High rates of discitis following surgery for prolapsed intervertebral discs at
a hospital in Pakistan. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1998 Jul; 19(7):526-529.
437. Baqi S, Nabi N, Hasan SN, Khan AJ, Pasha O, Kayani N, Haque RA, Haque I, Khurshid M, Fisher-
Hoch S, Luby SP, McCormick JB. HIV antibody seroprevalence and associated risk factors in
sex workers, drug users and prisoners in Sindh, Pakistan. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum
Retrovirol. 1998 May; 18(1):73-79.
438. Paul RE, Patel AY, Mirza S, Fisher-Hoch SP, Luby SP. Expansion of epidemic dengue viral
infections to Pakistan. Int J Infect Dis. 1998 Apr-Jun; 2(4):197-201.
439. Luby SP, Faizan MK, Fisher-Hoch SP, Syed A, Mintz ED, Bhutta ZA, McCormick JB. Risk
factors for typhoid fever in an endemic setting, Karachi, Pakistan. Epidemiol Infect. 1998 Mar;
120(2):129-138.
440. Merchant AT, Luby SP, Parveen G. Smoking among males in a low socioeconomic area of
Karachi. J Pak Med Assoc. 1998 Mar; 48(3):62-3.
441. Merchant AT, Luby SP, Perveen G. Smoking in Pakistan: more than cancer and heart disease. J
Pak Med Assoc. 1998 Mar; 48(3):77-9.
442. Luby SP, Qamruddin K, Shah AA, Omair A, Pasha O, Khan AJ, McCormick JB, Hoodbhouy F,
Fisher-Hoch S. The relationship between therapeutic injections and high prevalence of hepatitis C
infection in Hafizabad, Pakistan. Epidemiol Infect. 1997 Dec; 119(3):349-356.
443. Nwanyanwu OC, Ziba C, Redd SC, Luby SP. Palpation as a method of fever determination in
Malawian children who are less than 5 years old: how reliable is it? Ann Trop Med Parasitol.
1997 Jun; 91(4):359-363.
444. Luby S, Hassan I, Jahangir N, Rizvi N, Farooqi M, Ubaid S, Sadruddin S. Road traffic injuries in
Karachi: the disproportionate role of buses and trucks. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public
Health. 1997 Jun; 28(2):395-398.
445. Marsh D, Sheikh A, Khalil A, Kamil S, Jaffer-uz-Zaman, Qureshi I, Siraj Y, Luby S, Effendi S.
Epidemiology of adults hospitalized with burns in Karachi, Pakistan. Burns. 1996 May;
22(3):225-229.
446. Matson PA, Luby SP, Redd SC, Rolka HR. Cardiac effects of standard-dose halofantrine therapy.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1996 Mar; 54(3):229-231.
447. Marsh D, Hashim R, Hassany F, Hussain N, Iqbal Z, Irfanullah A, Islam N, Jalisi F, Janoo J, Kamal
K, Kara A, Khan A, Khan R, Mirza O, Mubin T, Pirzada F, Rizvi N, Hussain A, Ansari G,
Siddiqui A, Luby S. Front-line management of pulmonary tuberculosis: an analysis of
tuberculosis and and treatment practices in urban Sindh, Pakistan. Tuber Lung Dis. 1996 Feb;
77(1):86-92.
448. Redd SC, Kazembe PN, Luby SP, Nwanyanwu O, Hightower AW, Ziba C, Wirima JJ, Chitsulo L,
Franco C, Olivar M. Clinical algorithm for treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in
children. Lancet. 1996 Jan 27; 347(8996):223-227.
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449. Paxton LA, Slutsker L, Schultz LJ, Luby SP, Meriwether R, Matson P, Sulzer AJ. Imported
malaria in Montagnard refugees settling in North Carolina: implications for prevention and
control. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1996 Jan; 54(1):54-57.
450. Nwanyanwu OC, Redd SC, Ziba C, Luby SP, Mount DL, Franco C, Nyasulu Y, Chitsulo L.
Validity of mother’s history regarding antimalarial drug use in Malawian children under five
years old. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1996 Jan-Feb; 90(1):66-68.
451. Holmberg SD, Conley LJ, Luby SP, Cohn S, Wong LC, Vlahov D. Recent infection with Human
Immunodeficiency Virus and possible rapid loss of CD4 T lymphocytes. J Acquir Immune Defic
Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1995 Jul 1; 9(3):291-296.
452. Marsh D, Husein K, Lobo M, Ali Shah M, Luby SP. Verbal autopsy in Karachi slums: comparing
single and multiple cause of child deaths. Health Policy and Planning, 1995; 10(4) 395-403.
453. Luby SP, Kazembe PN, Redd SC, Ziba C, Nwanyanwu OC, Hightower AW, Franco C, Chitsulo L,
Wirima JJ, Olivar MA. Using clinical signs to diagnose anaemia in African children. Bull World
Health Organ. 1995; 73(4):477-482.
454. Luby S, Carmichael S, Shaw G, Horan J, Gamble W, Jones J. A nosocomial outbreak of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Fam Pract. 1994 Jul; 39(1):21-25.
455. Luby S, Jones J, Horan J. Using CD4 counts to evaluate the stages and epidemiology of HIV
infection in South Carolina public clinic patients. Am J Public Health. 1994 Mar; 84(3):377-381.
456. Luby S, Jones J. Outbreak of gastroenteritis due to Salmonella enteritidis from locally produced
Grade A eggs, South Carolina. South Med J. 1993 Dec; 86(12):1350-1353.
457. Luby S, Jones J, Dowda H, Kramer J, Horan J. A large outbreak of gastroenteritis caused by
diarrheal toxin-producing Bacillus cereus. J Infect Dis. 1993 Jun; 167(6):1452-1455.
458. Centers for Disease Control and prevention (CDC). Malaria in Montagnard refugees – North
Carolina, 1992. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1993 Mar 19; 42(10):180-3.
459. Luby SP, Jones JL, Horan JM. A large salmonellosis outbreak associated with a frequently
penalized restaurant. Epidemiol Infect. 1993 Feb; 110(1):31-39.
460. Luby S, Jones J, Zalewski A. GHB use in South Carolina. [letter]. Am J Public Health. 1992 Jan;
82(1):128.
Reviews and Commentaries
1. Luby SP. Clean water, clean hands or new vaccines? J Infect. 2017 Jun; 74 Suppl 1:S18-S22. doi:
10.1016/S0163-4453(17)30186-X
2. Davies HG, Bowman C, Luby SP. Cholera – Management and Prevention. J Infect. 2017 Jun; 74
Suppl 1:S66-S73. doi: 10.1016/S0163-4453(17)30194-9
3. Luby SP, Saha S, Andrews JR. Towards sustainable public health surveillance for enteric fever.
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Vaccine. 2015 Jun 19; 33 Suppl 3:C3-7.
4. Luby SP. Is targeting access to sanitation enough? Lancet Glob Health. 2014 Nov; 2(11):e619-20.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70326-2
5. Luby SP. The pandemic potential of Nipah virus. Antiviral Research. 2013 Oct; 100(1):38-43.
6. Luby SP, Gurley ES. Epidemiology of henipavirus disease in humans. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol.
2012 Jul 1; 359:25-40.
7. Gurley ES, Luby SP. Nipah virus transmission in South Asia: exploring the mysteries and addressing
the problems. Future Virology. 2011 Aug; 6(8), 897-900.
8. Curtis V, Schmidt W, Luby S, Florez R, Touré O, Biran A. Hygiene: new hopes, new horizons?
Lancet Infect Dis. 2011 Apr; 11(4):312-21.
9. Luby SP, Debnath NC, Rahman M. Improving Human Health through a One Health Approach in
Bangladesh. Health and Science Bulletin. 2011 Mar; 9(1):17-20.
10. Luby SP, Gurley ES, Hossain MJ. Transmission of human infection with Nipah virus. Clin Infect
Dis. 2009 Dec 1; 49(11):1743-8.
11. Luby SP, Brooks WA, Saha SK, el-Arifeen S, Naheed A, Sack D, Breiman RF. Use of multiple
surveillance modalities to assess the epidemiology of Streptococcus Pneumoniae infection in
Bangladesh. Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Mar 1; 48 Suppl 2:S97-102.
12. Clasen T, Bartram J, Colford J, Luby S, Quick R, Sobsey M. Comment on "Household water
treatment in poor populations: is there enough evidence for scaling up now?" Environ Sci Technol.
2009 Jul 15; 43(14):5542-4.
13. Luby S, Brooks WA, Zaman K, Hossain S, Ahmed T. Infectious diseases and vaccine sciences:
Strategic directions. J Health Popul Nutr. 2008 Sep; 26(3):295-310.
14. Luby S. Water Quality in South Asia. J Health Popul Nutr. 2008 Jun; 26(2):123-4.
15. Luby SP, Curtis V. Commentary: Hand washing for preventing diarrhoea. Int J Epidemiol. 2008 Jun;
37(3):470-3.
16. Luby SP. Quality of drinking water. BMJ. 2007 Apr 14; 334(7597):755-6.
17. Epstein JH, Field HE, Luby S, Pulliam JRC, Daszak P. Nipah virus: impact, origins and causes of
emergence. Current Infectious Disease Reports. 2006 Jan; 8(1):59-65.
18. Luby SP, Agboatwalla M. Handwashing promotion and childhood diarrhea in Pakistan (letter).
JAMA. 2004 Oct 13, 292(14):1682-3.
19. Luby S. The role of handwashing in improving hygiene and health in low-income countries.
American Journal of Infection Control. 2001 Aug; 29(4):239-40.
20. Luby S. Injection Safety. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2001 Jun; 7(3 Suppl):535.
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21. Jones JL, Luby S, Gamble WB. Disease reporting in South Carolina. Journal of the South Carolina
Medical Association. 1991 Feb; 87(2):69-70.
Submitted Manuscripts
1. Epstein JH, Anthony SJ, Islam A, Kilpatrick AM, Khan SA, Sanchez M, Ross N, Smith I, Zambrana-
Torrelio C, Tao Y, Islam A, Quan PL, Olival KJ, Gurley ES, Hossein MJ, Field HE, Fielder MD,
Briese T, Rahman M, Crameri G, Wang LF, Luby SP, Lipkin WI, Daszak P. Viral dynamics in bats
drive timing of Nipah virus outbreaks in Bangladesh. Science Advances. Submitted.
2. Al-Emran HM, Kakoly NS, Luby SP, Modak JK, Islam M, El Arifeen SE, Khan NZ, Baqui AH,
Breiman RF, Saha SK. Pneumococcal Meningitis in under-5 children of urban Bangladesh: Incidence,
outcome and serotype coverage in pre-vaccine era. Clinical Infectious Disease. Under review.
3. Kamm K, Nasreen S, Vujcic J, Rahman MA, El-Arifeen S, Zaman K, Luby SP, Ram PK. Impact of a
brief in-home neonatal health promotion on self-reported birth and neonatal care practices in rural
Bangladesh. Maternal and Child Health Journal. Under review.
4. Ashraf S, Arnold BF, Unicomb L, Hussain F, Clasen T, Luby S. Factors associated with human
faeces observed around households in a setting with high latrine coverage in rural Bangladesh. Trop
Med Int Health. Under review.
Textbook Chapters
1. Daszak P, Plowright RK, Epstein JH, Pulliam J, Abdul Rahman S, Field HE, Smith CS, Olival KJ,
Luby S, Halpin K, Hyatt AD & the Henipavirus Ecology Research Group (HERG). The emergence
of Nipah and Hendra virus: pathogen dynamics across a wildlife-livestock-human continuum. In:
Collinge SK, Ray C (eds.), Disease Ecology: Community structure and pathogen dynamics. Oxford
University Press, 2006; (Chapter 13) pp. 186-201.
2. Larson CP, Henning L, Luby SP, Faruqe ASG. Infectious Childhood Diarrhea in Developing
Countries. In: Kramer A, Kretzchmar M, Krickeberg K (eds.), Modern Infectious Disease
Epidemiology: Concepts, Methods, Mathematical Models and Public Health. New York: Springer,
2010; (Chapter 17) pp. 291-308.
3. Witt CJ, Pinzon JE, Manibusan PA, Pavlin JA, Gibbons RV, Myers TE, Richards AL, Daszak P,
Luby SP, Epstein JH, Hossain MJ, Gurley ES, Pulliam JRC, Zaye A, Abdel-Dayem MS, Collacicco-
Mayhugh MG. Emerging and re-emerging diseases. In: Morain S & Budge A (eds.), Environmental
Tracking for Public Health Surveillance. London: Taylor and Francis Group, 2013; (Chapter 5)
pp. 187-226.
4. Luby SP. The Cultural Anthropological Contribution to Communicable Disease Epidemiology. In:
Banwell C, Uligaszek S, Dixon J (eds.), When Culture Impacts Health: Global Lessons for Effective
Health Research. Waltham, MA: Academic Press, Elsevier, 2013; (Chapter 5) pp. 43-52.
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5. Arman S, Unicomb L, Luby SP. A qualitative exploration of factors affecting uptake of water
treatment technology in rural Bangladesh. In: Banwell C, Uligaszek S, Dixon J (eds.), When Culture
Impacts Health: Global Lessons for Effective Health Research. Waltham, MA: Academic Press,
Elsevier, 2013; (Chapter 18) pp. 205-214.
6. Parveen S, Sultana R, Luby SP, Gurley ES. Anthropological approaches to outbreak investigations in
Bangladesh. In: Banwell C, Uligaszek S, Dixon J (eds.), When Culture Impacts Health: Global
Lessons for Effective Health Research. Waltham, MA: Academic Press, Elsevier, 2013; (Chapter 19)
pp. 215-224.
7. Islam MSI, Luby SP, Gurley ES. Developing culturally appropriate interventions to prevent person-
to person transmission of Nipah Virus in Bangladesh: cultural epidemiology in action. In: Banwell C,
Uligaszek S, Dixon J (eds.), When Culture Impacts Health: Global Lessons for Effective Health
Research. Waltham, MA: Academic Press, Elsevier, 2013; (Chapter 28) pp. 329-337.
8. Luby SP. Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi. In: Motarjemi Y (ed.), Encyclopedia of Food
Safety, Volume 1. Waltham, MA: Academic Press, Elsevier, 2014. (Bacteria) pp. 515-522.
9. Luby SP. Nipah Virus. In: Motarjemi Y (ed.), Encyclopedia of Food Safety, Volume 2. Waltham,
MA: Academic Press, Elsevier, 2014; (Viruses) pp. 214-217.
10. Luby SP, Broder CC. Paramyxoviruses: Henipaviruses. In: Kaslow RA et al (eds.), Viral Infections of
Humans: Epidemiology and Control. New York: Springer, 2014. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4899-7448-8_22.
11. Luby SP, Gurley ES. Epidemiology of Henipaviruses. In: Shapshak P et al (eds.), Global Virology I -
Identifying and Investigating Viral Diseases. New York: Springer, 2015; (Chapter 4) pp. 55-71.
12. Luby SP, Nahar N, Gurley ES. Reducing the risk of foodborne transmission of Nipah virus. In: Jay-
Russell M et al (eds.) Food Safety Risks from Wildlife: Challenges in Agriculture, Conservation and
Public Health. New York: Springer, 2016; (Chapter 6) pp. 151-167.
Selected Invited Presentations
“A Timeline for Typhoid Elimination.” 11th International Conference on Typhoid and Other Invasive
Salmonelloses. Hanoi, Vietnam. March 28, 2019.
“Nipah virus: Pandemic threats and countermeasures.” The American Society of Microbiology Biothreats
2019. Arlington, VA, USA. January 30, 2019.
“Thirsty Cities in the 21st Century: The Need for New Approaches.” American Society of Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene Global Health pre-meeting course. New Orleans, LA, USA. October 28, 2018.
“Can global health efforts avert imminent human extinction?” 2018 Stanley O. Foster lecture. Emory
University. Atlanta, GA, USA. March 19, 2018.
“Pandemic/Epidemic Potential of Nipah virus.” Nipah Research and Development Roadmap
Consultation. Wellcome Trust, London, UK. March 1, 2018.
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“Spectacular Growth of Megacities Requires New Approaches to Water & Sanitation for the Urban
Poor.” National Academy of Medicine Annual Meeting. Washington, DC, USA. October 15, 2017.
“WASH + Nutrition Benefits Bangladesh: Initial Outcomes.” Experimental Biology 2017. Chicago, IL,
USA. April 24, 2017.
“The cultural anthropological contribution to diarrheal disease prevention.” American Society of
Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA. November 14, 2016
“Can public health efforts avert imminent human extinction?” Richard V. Lee, MD Lectureship in Global
Health. University at Buffalo, New York, NY, USA. September 9, 2016.
“The contribution of water sanitation and hygiene interventions to healthy child growth and interrupting
enteric parasite transmission.” The 3rd Symposium on Surveillance Response System Leading to Tropical
Diseases Elimination. Shanghai, China. June 16, 2016.
“Emerging viruses with special emphasis on the epidemiology and natural history of Nipah virus.”
International Scientific Symposium, Institut Pasteur International Network. Paris, France. October 14,
2015.
“Evaluating the impact of new vaccine introduction in Bangladesh.” Expert Consultation on Measuring
the Effectiveness and Impact of Japanese Encephalitis Vaccines. WHO, Geneva, Switzerland. May 27,
2015.
"WASH Benefits: Connecting the Environment to Enteropathy." Gut Function Biomarkers Consortium.
London, UK. January 29, 2015.
“Nipah virus epidemiology and pandemic risk.” Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases
Infectious Disease & Immunity Colloquium. University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas.
September 9, 2014.
“Human Nipah infection in Bangladesh: Establishing meningoencephalitis surveillance for emerging
pathogens.” ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting. January 29, 2014.
“Global crisis in water supply and quality: The need for innovation.” Water and Health Conference.
Chapel Hill, NC, USA. October 16, 2013.
“Why highly polluting kilns are used to manufacture bricks in Bangladesh.” Brick Manufacturing and
Public Health Stakeholders Dialogue. Dhaka, Bangladesh. October 1, 2013.
“Developing and evaluating interventions to reduce pandemic risk – The case of henipaviruses and
influenza.” Institute of Medicine – Forum on Microbial Threats. Washington DC. September 25, 2013.
“Sanitation and child development.” Program in International and Community Nutrition Seminar.
University of California, Davis. February 27, 2013.
“Repeated emergence of Nipah virus in Bangladesh via novel pathways: Lessons for at risk countries.”
Prince Mahidol Award Conference. Bangkok, Thailand. January 31, 2013.
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“Water management for a healthy Bangladesh: The need for multi-sector collaboration.” National Public
Health Conference. Dhaka, Bangladesh. January 15, 2013.
“Global water shortages and health: Agenda for the coming decades.” McKinlay Oration for the Otago
International Health Research Annual Conference. Dunedin, New Zealand. November 7, 2012.
“Household water treatment: A failed public health strategy?” Environmental Engineering Seminar.
University of California, Berkeley. September 7, 2012.
“Nipah virus outbreaks in Bangladesh.” Asia-Pacific Congress of Medical Virology. Adelaide, South
Australia. June 7, 2012.
“Nipah virus in Bangladesh.” Institute of Medicine/Forum on Microbial Threats. Washington DC, USA.
December 13, 2011.
“Cholera: Interrupting transmission with environmental measures.” American Society of Tropical
Medicine & Hygiene Conference. Atlanta, GA, USA. November 5, 2010.
“Epidemiology, surveillance and control of Nipah virus infections in Bangladesh.” WHO Joint
Intercountry Workshop on Nipah, Hendra and Ebola-Reston viruses, Research and Public Health.
Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia. October 13, 2010.
“Epidemiology and prevention of human Nipah virus infection.” Plenary presentation, The Fourth
ASEAN Congress of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. Singapore, June 2, 2010.
“Frontline of the Global Water Crisis: Efforts to Secure Safe Water in High Need Communities.”
Keynote presentation, OU International WaTER Conference. Norman, Oklahoma, USA. October 27,
2009.
“What is known and not known about the benefits of hand washing promotion.” 3rd International Health
and Hygiene Symposium. Beijing, China. August 12, 2009.
“Water and Health.” Water and Human Well Being Executive Session on Grand Challenges of the
Sustainability Transition. Venice International University, San Servolo, Italy. July 20, 2009.
“Foodborne transmission of Nipah Virus in Bangladesh.” International Meeting on Emerging Diseases
and Surveillance. Vienna, Austria. February 14, 2009.
“Nipah virus transmission in Bangladesh.” International Conference of Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Atlanta, GA, USA. March 18, 2008.
“The role for hand washing in improving hygiene and health in low income countries.” Institute Pasteur
Euroconference on Hygiene and Health. Paris, France. January 26, 2001.
“Injection Safety: The special role of immunization programs.” International Emerging Infectious Disease
Conference. Atlanta, GA, USA. July 19, 2000.
“Assessing injection use and safety.” Safe Injection Global Network (SIGN) Initial Meeting. Geneva,
Switzerland. October 14, 1999.
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“Risks of blood transfusion in Karachi.” Plenary Session, National HIV Surveillance Conference.
Karachi, Pakistan. December 14, 1995.
“A nosocomial outbreak of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from an unrecognized case." American Lung
Association. Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases Conference. Black Mountain, North Carolina, US.
July 10, 1992.
Theses Supervision
1. Jehan I. “The role of interspousal communication in use of modern contraceptives in a middle income
area of Karachi.” MSc Epidemiology, McGill University, 1994.
2. NoorAli R. “Does use of a government service depend on how far one lives from the health facility?”
MSc Epidemiology, McGill University, 1994.
3. Quddus A. “Neonatal tetanus, mortality rates and risk factors, district Loralai, Balochistan.” MSc
Epidemiology, Aga Khan University, 1998.
4. Hozhabri S. “Prevalence and predictors of malaria among febrile children attending the rural health
centre of Jhangara, in Sindh, Pakistan.” MSc Epidemiology, Aga Khan University, 1999.
5. Siddiqui, Azfar A. “Risk of development of clinical tuberculosis among infected individuals
identified by a single blood PCR test.” MSc Epidemiology, Aga Khan University, 1999.
6. Bari A. “Risk factors associated with serological status against hepatitis C virus infection: a hospital
based case-control study in Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan.” MSc Epidemiology, Aga Khan
University, 1999.
7. Raza MI. “Factors associated with sexually transmitted diseases among men attending STD clinics in
Karachi, Pakistan.” MSc Epidemiology, Aga Khan University, 1999.
8. Laorakpong P. “Case control study to evaluate risk factors for typhoid fever in Egypt.” MPH, Emory
University, 2001.
9. Raza H. “A case-control study of risk factors for hepatitis B virus infection among adults in Karachi.”
Msc Epidemiology, Aga Khan University, 2001.
10. Tanaka G. “Burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in children under 5 years of age in Bangladesh: A
hospital-based surveillance.” MPH, Emory University, 2005.
11. Bhuiya F. “Enteric disease and consumption of street-vended food among children under five years
old in Kamalapur, Bangladesh.” MPH, Emory University, 2006.
12. Alamgir NI. “Coping strategies for financial burdens in families with ARI.” MPH, BRAC University,
2007.
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13. Chisolm KV. “Predictors of care-seeking behavior for respiratory illness in children under age five in
Dhaka, Bangladesh.” MPH, Emory University, 2007.
14. Nygren B. “Household sanitation characteristics as predictors of diarrhea in children in Bangladesh.”
MPH, Emory University, 2008.
15. Najnin N. “Understanding health care seeking behaviour of children under five years of age with
fever in urban Dhaka, Bangladesh.” MPH, University of Melbourne, 2008.
16. Rahman J. “Poverty and Diarrheal Disease in Rural Bangladesh: An evaluation from the SHEWA-B
Intervention, ICDDR,B/UNICEF.” MPH, Emory University, 2009.
17. Titu AMN. “The economic burden of influenza like illness in Bangladesh: A cost of illness study
from household perspective in Mirpur, Dhaka.” MPH, BRAC University, 2010.
18. Khanom GA. “Knowledge on respiratory infection and acceptability of the respiratory hygiene
intervention in an urban slum.” MPH, BRAC University, 2010.
19. Chowdhury M. “Postpartum hospital stay in a tertiary care hospital in Bangladesh: Factors
responsible.” MPH, BRAC University, 2011.
20. Singer TG. “Potential effects of increased global temperatures on neurological development factors in
children under 5 years in east Africa: a modeling study.” MSc, Stanford (Emmett Interdisciplinary
Program in Environment and Resources), 2015.
21. Nahar N. “A behavior change communication intervention trial to reduce the risk of Nipah virus
spillover in Bangladesh.” PhD, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2017.
22. Bagge W. “The landscape epidemiology of zoonotic diseases: Rodent-borne Bartonella and livestock
anthrax.” PhD, Stanford (Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources), 2017.
23. Arthur R. “Epidemics and adaptive behavior as a coupled human natural system: Trust and response
to the 2014-15 Ebola epidemic in Liberia” PhD, Stanford (Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in
Environment and Resources), 2019.
24. Forsyth J. “Root causes of lead exposure in rural Bangladesh.” PhD, Stanford (Emmett
Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources), 2019.
25. Kwong L. “Elucidating pathways of fecal exposure: Evidence from young children in rural
Bangladesh.” Stanford (Civil and Environmental Engineering), 2019.
26. Grembi J. “Enteric pathogens: Measurement, metrics and mitigation” Stanford (Civil and
Environmental Engineering), 2019.
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External Thesis Review Committees
Hutin Y. “Evidence and information for national injection safety policies.” PhD Epidemiology, Swiss
Tropical Institute, 2003.
Kermode MA. “Safer injections, fewer infections: management of needles and sharps and occupational
blood exposure in rural north Indian health settings.” PhD Epidemiology, Deakin University (Australia),
2004.
Danquah L. “Measuring hand washing behaviour in low income settings: methodological and validity
issues.” PhD School of Social Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton (UK), 2010.
Saha D. “Acute diarrhea in children in rural Gambia: Knowledge, attitude and practice, etiology, risk
factors and consequences among children less than 5 years of age.” PhD, University of Otago (New
Zealand), 2013.
Clayton BA. “Nipah viruses from Malaysia and Bangladesh: comparisons of viral infection and shedding,
and investigation of transmission in the ferret model.” PhD Veterinary Science, The University of
Melbourne (Australia), 2014.
Editorial Roles
Editor, Health and Science Bulletin, 2004 – 2012
Section Editor, Emerging Infections, Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition (2005 – 2012)
Section Editor, Water and Sanitation, Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition (2007 – 2014)
Review Editor, EcoHealth, 2013 – current
International Editorial Board, Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development (2011 – current)
3IE, Expert Roster
Journal Reviewer (since 2015)
Lancet , British Medical Journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Emerging Infectious
Diseases, JAMA, PLoS Medicine, New England Journal of Medicine, Clinical Infectious Diseases,
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Lancet Infectious Diseases, Lancet Global Health, American
Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Epidemiology and Infection, Vaccine, Tropical Medicine and
International Health, Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS One, BMJ Open, Social Science and
Medicine, Health Policy and Planning, The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, PLoS Neglected
Tropical Diseases, Water Research, Journal of Water and Health, American Journal of Infection Control,
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Journal of Environmental Management, Review of
Environmental Health, Preventive Medicine, Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development,
International Journal of Environmental Health Research, Journal of Environmental Research and Public
Health, BMC Public Health
updated 9 September 2020